A Good Day - in a lot of ways...

Today was indeed good. It started good and ended good. Trish's bone marrow biopsy went without a hitch. She recovered quickly from the anesthesia and did some work and sent it back in to her office. She told me today was the best day yet, mild headache but overall she felt great and had lots (relatively speaking) to do.

The research nurse visited Trish after the biopsy and asked who she had bribed or why she was such a VIP (trust me, it wasn't because we made a large donation). Trish asked her why? She said no one gets to pick who does their biopsy and a senior fellow is never called back to the floor when its not their rotation. Of course our very own Dr. Griffiths did Trish's biopsy today. My Mom said I ESPed her to do it, since Trish wouldn't let me email her. The reality is she just simply offered to do it when she dropped in to visit Trish. No matter how, what or why -- it was a good thing.

Another good thing is that the Transplant case manager from Cigna approved a special travel benefit today. This is money that doesn't count against the life time maximum (I'd have to refuse it otherwise, so we'd have maximum Trish dollars). This is money that would pay for Trish or a caregiver to travel or house in the Balimore area. It should cover our expenses driving up next weekend and that's all good.

Today was the first good news day in a while -- most of the bad news has surrounded insurance issues and they still are a huge potential problem. I won't stop working that issue, but I am going to lighten up. I need to focus on Trish and the boys -- the pre-work is done. I know what I have to do even if it is quite ugly and I have some time before I have to deal with it.

Dr. Griffiths is optimistic about the results of today's biopsy, but we won't really know the results for three days. While they haven't shared the actual counts with us. Dr. G says that they beat Trish up real good and her counts are really low (a good thing at the moment). Trish won't be discharged until her counts reach a certain level. As soon as the start tracking the rise of her counts (a hugely significant indicator), You'll see a link to "The Counts" in the other links on the left so you can cheer her on and track her progress.

I'd like to again thank all of you for your love, support, prayers, good cheer and everything else. We could not take this journey without your support. Thank you.