Wonderful Weekend

What a great weekend!  Tina, my donor, her mother Carol and her twin Gina came to Holland to meet our family.  All of them fell in love with each other.  It was a wonderful time of "Getting to Know You".  Our families are similar in how we relate to each other and care for each other.  Other than we don't speak with a southern drawl we have more in common than we have differences.  What a miracle this has been.

Tina joined the Registry over 20 years ago when it was blood work to register and bone marrow to donate.  There were no stem cell transplants only bone marrow.  Now there are more stem cell transplants than bone marrow. She said she would do it again in a heartbeat. If only more people would register.  She was my one in 13 million!  There are no words to express what I feel towards her. I read once that a true blessing is satisfying a desire of your heart that you did not even know that you had.  Tina is my blessing.

I am doing well as you can see from the pictures. I am gaining strength and stamina every day.  It feels good to feel more like myself.  I am deeply grateful for this.  Everyone else in the family is doing well also. Just thought you would like to know.

If you have not joined the Registry yet, please do as soon as possible.  Tina kept saying over and over what a blessing it has been to her, saving a life!  Just contact Be The Match for a free swab kit and save someone's life.  If you are pregnant please ask your doctor for the forms to donate the cord blood when you deliver.  Otherwise it is just thrown away.  One cord can save a life.

Grace and Peace,
Peggy

ALL IS WELL

Good Tuesday Morning!


I thought I would check in as I have been getting questions lately.  I am doing so much better.  My last labs were good and everyone is satisfied with my progress.  I'm not as good as I was over the holidays but so much better than Jan. and Feb.! And best of all I have not been sick since my last posting.


Dr. Magineau is slowly weaning me off the immunosuppression drugs, so far my body seems to be cooperating for which I am very grateful....please pray it continues.


Family is great. It's the end of the school year rush so most of you know how that goes. Everyone is beyond busy!


Tina (my donor) and I have been in contact and she is planning a trip to Michigan. I am excited to have her meet my family and show her around Holland.


Not much more to say....and that is OK with me! I try to do a few projects every day, it helps to feel productive and now that the weather is decent I am walking more. It feels so good to not be as cold as I have been all winter and spring, not that we had a spring, seems as though we went straight from winter to summer!


Take care, thank you again for your kind thoughts and prayers. I will update again after Tina's visit with pictures too.


Grace and Peace, Peggy