Leukemia Free!

I received a card from my recipient midway through last month. She wrote me to let me know that at her 6 month check up she was still leukemia free! Amazing news! She wrote the letter in mid July so I've come to learn that it takes about a month for it get from her all the way to me.

At this point, it's been almost 10 months since the donation and I get more and more excited knowing that come November, we will no longer need NMDP to correspond.

Almost there!

Hello all,

No news lately but I'd assume that all is going well. I realized yesterday that we are midway through July which means we're 8 months in and only 4 more until the 1 year mark!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and getting some time to relax!

More Letters!

A couple days ago, I received an email from Lee with a letter attached from my recipients sister. It was such a beautiful letter... she told me how beautiful her sister is, inside and out and how her sister is such an amazing person full of love, laughter, generosity and strength - pretty much exactly how I pictured her.

It warms my heart when I hear from them. :)

Wonderful News!

A little over a week ago I received a letter from my recipient saying that she's doing really well. She was released from the transplant facility before day 100 and actually could have gone home sooner than she did but her family was sick so they didn't want to risk it. She also said she was looking forward to meeting me and being able to hug me and thank me in person.

As everyone can imagine, I was so excited to get this letter - it truly means the world to me and I'm eagerly counting down until the 1 year mark in November :)

Connections

My recipient had been on my mind all night Saturday night. I sometimes wonder why she weighs so heavily on me at times and then think that maybe it's because she's thinking of me too and our thoughts are connecting. Days will pass and life gets busy and the donation doesn't even cross my mind but then some days I can't think of anything else and I'm amazed all over again at how blessed I am to have been able to be part of such an awesome thing. I wonder about her often and I wish I knew how she was doing. I haven't received an update so I'm going to assume that no news is good news.

Do something amazing today :)

Precious Time

Time has so quickly escaped me. I've been experiencing my own personal struggles lately and have let the stress of life grab ahold of me and bring me down.

Unfortunately, I do not have any more updates on my recipient, but I did realize that it has been more than 100 days since the donation and those were the most critical days. I hope everything is going well for her and her family. I will post an update as soon as I get one.

Engrafted Stem Cells!

I received a phone call on Friday with some news about my recipient. The stem cells have engrafted so she's making my blood cells now! She is doing well and was discharged from the hospital which is great news!

Merry Christmas!