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Hi Greg
Thank you so much for responding.
I'm sad to say that I had mistaken and the truth of the matter is, my dad has not just the two chromosomal deletions that i had mentioned, but he has multiple other ones. Now I understand what his hematologist meant when he said his cytogenetics were "very complicated".
The meeting with the bone marrow specialist went okay. He has already suggested a BMT. They drew his blood on Wed to type it. They will be testing his 3 siblings within the next week hopefully. I just pray that one of them is a match. The doctor explained to us the process of a BMT and how my dad needs to stay/live close by to the hospital for 100 days after the transplant.
My dad is feeling a bit of the side affects of the chemo now. He feels a bit nauseous at times, but thats about it. He got 2 units of blood today. His Hb had fallen from the last time he got it checked on Wed. On Wed, his Hb were 8.6 and today they were 8.1. His platelets had gone up by 1 point ( 53 to 54) and his WBC also had gone up from 4.0 to 4.6. I'm hoping that it means that the chemo is working. Wed was the first day of his 2nd round of Vidaza. I think it is a good sign that his numbers slightly went up on their own during his 3rd week before starting his 2nd cycle, right?
Thanks again for all the input.
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