March 29, 2003
166 Days

Hi!

The results from the blood work came back... 98% of the cells are Diane's! We are extremely excited by the high number and were expecting a lower number at best. (These are the results from the blood work that was taken at the same time as the bone marrow biopsy and were used because the biopsy was lost.)

We hope you are all having a great weekend.
Lots of love,
Dina

ps I'm not sure what the results mean other than they are much better than expected so I hope to have more information soon.
pps Here are a few pictures of Benjamin. He's working on talking and likes to point at things and say "dat".

Benjamin loves silverware and will crawl into the dishwasher if given the opportunity.

Ben considers participating in a birthday party music class.

Ben eats cake at a classmate's birthday party. He was even more active afterwards.

Posted by Dina at 11:04 PM
March 12, 2003
149 Days

Hi all --
Dad had another doctor's appointment today and found out that the bone marrow sample from the most recent biopsy was lost by the lab. Many of us had been thinking that this was the case because it seemed to be taking too long to get the results. The doctor is not going to do another bone marrow biopsy right away and instead is sending a blood sample (not as accurate but should tell us something). The good news is that Dad's blood counts are going up and the doctor has decided that it's time to go two weeks between appointments. We are all very excited about it and Mom and Dad are planning a nice celebration this weekend.

Thank you again for your support and best wishes. I spoke with Dad on the phone earlier today and he sounds great. It's really incredible.
Much love,
Dina

ps Benjamin is now walking and moving things around the house. This morning my brush was in the kitchen and my comb was in the office. Below are a few pictures from Ben's best friend's birthday party last weekend.


playing with pasta


painting...

Posted by Dina at 08:59 PM
March 03, 2003
No new information

Hi,
We haven't heard anything from the doctor yet but we are trying to wait patiently and will send information as soon as we have it. We're continuing to think positive thoughts.
Much love,
Dina

Posted by Dina at 11:40 AM