Thanksgiving November 2010 Fun

The Courtemanche family goes to Shingletown for a couple Christmas trees and some snow fun! Obviously Abigail is feeling pretty good and looking real happy to be going...and brother Blake is beaming because it's their first trip to the snow this year.

Progress Just Before Thanksgiving 2010...

Monday, November 22, 2010 7:59 PM, PST

today abbi's bloodwork is good, keeps going up. platelets 137,000 up from 127,000 last week, neutrophils 3,600 up from 3,174, wbc 5,000 up from 4,600 hemoglobin 9.2. that goes down 2 points every week but not a concern cause i draw her blood every week. that is one of the last to recover. her engraftment came back the same 100% overall but still 99% in her t cells. her bone marrow biopsy is nov. 30th. we stopped her prograf today, so pray for a little gvhd just enough to know her new cells are attacking her bad cells. she can get a bad case though. we dont want that.  we are planning on heading up to cut a tree down friday and to see some snow. have a happy thanksgiving everyone. GOD BLESS!

Abigail's November 17th, 2010 checkup at UCSF Children's Hospital

Abbi's engrafment dropped by 1%. not a relapse but a small risk for one. so they took her off her prograf, well she will be done on monday night. and repeated her engraftment studies, maybe a donor lymphosite infusion if the donor agrees. they will do everything they can to prevent a relapse. but her platelets are climbing 127,000 on monday from 114,000 last week. her hemoglobin is dropping slowly. but not a concern. just by a few points. as long as everything keeps going up and her engraftment does not go down anymore. we should be fine. but they want her at 100%. brings back bad memories, that are still fresh. seems like we get good news only to get knocked down again. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER. GOD IS GREAT!