Further Testing

The hospital did further testing on mom's bone marrow and determined that she now has 100% of Joe's (the donor & Mary's brother) stem cells.  I don't talk about this very often on here but this is a really good thing because my mom's cells are no longer combating Joe's.  It always takes a while for this to happen, and we slowly saw the number come up, now all the way to 100%.  Because of this, they don't have to do any stem cell treatment.  We always like to hear that she doesn't have to go through additional procedures!

They also are happy with her platelet count this week.  It jumped up a few more points and this was good for the doctor to see.  It had been going down for a few weeks, the doctor believes due to graphs versus host because they are lowering her anti-rejection medication each week/month (if that's too specific, I'm sorry :).  All that to say, they're happy with where she's at and hope to see it continue to go up.

Now Mary and Greg are off for a fun weekend with all of Mary's siblings.  They try to do this once a year and always have a great time together!  It's great my mom can do this with no worries! :)