--- In [email protected], Mary Ann Quarcini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son Matt, 22 years old had BMT in Jan 2005 - donor was unrelated match. He has had several set backs - His attitude has changed dramatically as I think he is getting tired of all the bad news. Please keep him in your prayers. Thank you, Mary Ann CML Mom son dx July 2004 > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > > Wishing you all a bright & blessed Spring! > Love, Mary > > > Hi everyone. The cultures on Matt have still been coming back negative for infection, which is good news. He has no fever, pressure is better & sugar level is fine. The kidney functions are doing better & his graph vs host disease on his skin has calmed down greatly. On the flip side, the billirubin levels with his liver have increased dramatically. Normal count is 1.5 and as of this morning his is 34.5 As you can see that is VERY concerning to the doctors here and us. They believe that the rejection disease of graph vs host is getting into his liver and it is much harder to treat it when it's there. They continue to try & bring it down and if the medications that they are giving him for it are going to work, we should see his counts dropping in a week or so. The doctor said that sometimes the medications will not work and the liver will continue to get bad. Please, please pray that his liver will start clearing up and working right again soon. He could become in > critical condition as this is a life threatening situation. Matt has been pretty discouraged also. He seems to be giving up. It's so sad to see that and hurts greatly. We love you all & thank you for your continued support & prayers. May God Bless you all, Mary, Rick & family > > > Wishing you all a bright & blessed Spring! > Love, Mary
Dearest Mary, Just wanted you to know your son is my thoughts and prayers. I sincerely hope his liver situation gets better and soon. Does he have a caringbridge site or an email address I could write to him? Keep the faith...and do whatever it takes, but don't let him give up..he's got his whole life in front of him. Half the battle is attitude and he must realize this to heal. Praying for Matt...Pat Reynolds ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12k1si3p9/M=327951.6903888.7846657.1589681/D=grphealth/S=1705061628:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123664259/A=2896148/R=0/SIG=11betrp34/*http://www.facetheissue.com/anorexia.html ">Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
