My mom posted a comment for the last blog entry but I want to reiterate in case you haven't had a chance to read it. Here is part of it:
Brenan has an appointment at "City Of Hope" Banner Health Good Samaritan Hospital Bone Marrow Clinic on Monday morning at 10:30 (that's today!). This process will be an interview and explanation of Bone Marrow Transplants, what they include and how it all works. Then he has an appointment with his Oncologist at 2:30 the same day. So hopefully we will have our new direction mapped out for any necessary treatments he may need.
Today should help us answer a lot of questions that have building since Brenan was released from the hospital and finished up with induction chemotherapy treatment. We all continue to be hopeful that the rest of Brenan's treatment is as productive and effective as the initial treatments. We're lucky that Brenan is in great spirits and continues to go to work to the job that he loves as much as he can.
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Hey Dears,
Unfortunately, as I had feared, I am not a candidate to donate marrow, plasma, nor even blood anymore because of my own medical conditions and the immunosuppressant prescriptions I take for them.
That said; as I told Mom one day recently, I would hope that if it were one of my own sons or brothers who was fighting this battle, friends, acquaintances, and relatives from near and far would all be rallying and doing whatever it would take to help.
While I also, unfortunately, cannot force anyone to check into the process and commit to donating, I can at least post here for anyone who might happen along:
If it was someone within your own immediate circle of love who was facing Brenan's current situation, my guess is that you, too, would hope for support and help from everyone you knew (and everyone they knew), all across the country; especially if it made the difference in whether a compatible bone marrow donor could be found.
So please, Folks. Visit http://www.cityofhope.org and/or http://www.marrow.org and see what you can do to help. If you are able, please, please apply to join the marrow donor registry. It may even be someone you love whose life is saved.
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