tests today & weather has much improved!!

Today Jack had a series of tests (including a bone marrow biopsy - his absolute favorite). There was one test that showed his blood protein increased since the December test which is a positive sign. The doctor did knock on wood once she let us know that from preliminary blood results.

The bad news is that we will not get the final results on Wednesday as expected - it won't be until sometime on Friday that we will hear.

There are 2 options that were presented to us today.
1. Is that he is in remission and will have to be rechecked in 6 months and then again every year. This is the one that we want (however with this schedule it puts us in Boston every February instead of in the summer so we are going to have to work a deal - maybe we do 2 six month visits to get us back on the summer vacation track!!)
2. Is that he has had a partial result and the road forks at this point. Option A is that we come back and do more Chemo ( a lower dose) and take his stems cells that are here in deep freeze and repeat the transplant - there is a 30% chance of total result if we do that. Or B is that we wait the 6 months and see the progress of the amyloid - that is not probably the route that we would go but this decision would not be made until after the doctor conference and recommendation which would not be until August 10th.

More waiting!! ugh.

Tomorrow we have meetings with more doctors and an amyloid social ( we have no idea what that is all about but we will find out!)