Thank you for your continued prayers and words of encouragement. Wednesday will be a rest day and next Thursday will be transplant day. Friday, she will undergo one day of radiation followed by four days of chemo. Then on Thursday, Jennifer’s central line will be surgically implanted and she will be admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening. Although, I’m sure it’s tough for Jennifer to see her daddy in some discomfort, he is in an enviable position to all of us who love Jennifer. The side effects of the neupogen are dizziness, headaches, and some pain. He almost got there today, so they gave him one more injection and tomorrow they will harvest the cells. Tim has been taking neupogen shots for the past three days trying to get his white cells elevated to an acceptable level for the stem cell harvest. On Monday, Jennifer was fitted for protective molds for her radiation treatment to shield her kidneys and lungs. Laurie Randel here – pinch updating since Jennifer, Mary and Tim are in Houston beginning this next treatment. I will keep you posted and I will be adding some pictures of the trip later. It looks like 4 weeks in the hospital and 4 to 8 weeks after that in Houston. Then 1 day rest and then she gets the stem cells. If she can’t do radiation then they are going to give 2 rounds of heavy chemo and 4 more regular chemo treatments. If so, she will get her central line put in on Tuesday and start Wednesday with 1 day of radiation and then 4 days of chemo. Monday, Jennifer sees the radiation doctor to see if she can withstand a round of radiation treatment. Saturday, I start the shoots for the Stem Cell Transplant. We went to Houston today and confirmed that I’m going to be the donor and Jennifer and I went through a lot of tests. It’s good to be home but it looks like things are going to move fast in the next week. She slept well at night and was READY for the next day. They also went snorkeling twice, did some shopping and had some great dinners by the ocean.

The kids went parasailing, yes parasailing, it was the highlight of their trip. We are back in Texas and we had a GREAT trip.

Sweetie pies tim and jennifer