Feb. 14 - A Little Lovin'

The transplant doctors at Northside gave Troy some good news today.

His plasma cell count in his bone marrow is down from 90% to 5% since October! Another way to think about this is that 90% of the "stuff" that made up his bone marrow was cancerous plasma cells - quite a dramatic improvement!

Many other levels are down as well, but I'm not going to go into them because it gets a little bit technical. Needless to say, most of them are either "normal" or slightly elevated - and some of them are the lowest we have seen since this summer!

I actually heard the doctor say that Troy's disease is in partial remission and that they hope to get it to complete remission after the transplant!

There are still a few concerns - mainly an elevated heart rate, a passing infection in his colon, and less than perfect kidney function. The doctors want to get Troy as healthy and strong as possible before his first transplant, which will hopefully begin in the coming weeks.

I hope this good news finds you all well on this Valentine's Day - make sure to tell someone you love them!