The day after tomorrow

Ask Fabian whether he still needs a bone marrow transplant and he’ll point to the fact that his hair is growing back so he must be better.  And he has been extremely well of late, great appetite, loads of energy and even a spate of heavy night sweats had completely stopped after praying against this symptom.  We know too, he is still in full remission following test results from the bone marrow aspirate last week.  So it’s with a strange reluctance that he and Lydia must return today to the Marsden to commence conditioning treatment for the planned procedure next Friday.  We constantly remind ourselves of the ‘miracle’ that he has the choice of 2 sibling donors which is to us a sign of God’s abundance in his healing, giving him a choice of 100% matches when so many families struggle to find even one.  For sure, it’s going to be hard watching the radiation treatment and the hugely toxic cyclophosphamide infusions start the day after tomorrow and I only hope we can show the same mental toughness that Fabian has.  Cassia is all set to play her crucial part, although all encouragement to make her eat more iron-boosting greens has failed!  I’ll update more frequently now that things are rolling so do remember to subscribe to the (new) post alert via the link below the visitor map. God bless you all, onwards and upwards.