It's a Match!

I would like to thank my parents for being boring individuals and handing out
the same immune system to two of their children and almost the same immune
system to the third.

I am a lucky lucky duck!! One of my sisters is a perfect match. This means that
I will be getting a bone marrow transplant from her. And my other sister is
a near match. And there are also ELEVEN
non-related perfect matches out there from the registry. The doctors are very
pleased. I am just scared. Because this makes it real for me. It has also
sped up my timeline immensely.

But first - really good news: Bone Marrow Biopsy came back nice and clean.
I am in full remission from the leukemia. Yay!

So the plan is that I will go into the hospital on March 15th for three days for
a quick chemo treatment. This will ensure that the leukemia stays in remission
for the time it takes to process all of the data for the transplant.

Then I will go in sometime during the week of April 17th for the actual transplant.
I will be in the hospital for a month. Then I will be home again to recoup. With a
lot of restrictions. Again - this is scary for me.

But I am focusing on the positive outcome, not the fear. I have a good chance to
beat this thing! Thank you, sister, for matching me! Thank you other sis for
 being such a great support system. I could never do this without
the two of you!!