Hello Everone. I was planning on attending and something came up. My sister-in-law had a minor set back. Some of you may know that she is a survivor of CLL (Chronic Lymphocitic Leukemia). Around 10 years ago she was diagnosed with the illness, was treated with Chemotherapy. This lasted for a year then came back. It was suggested by her physician to have a stem cell replacement. To make a long story short, my wife was test and was a perfect match, and donated her stem cells to her and did save her life. It took a year for my sister in law to recover, meaning, she had no immune system at the time, and have to be carfull of germs, infection, etc. She was a school teacher and had to take a year off. She even took on my wife's blood type. This is amazing. My wife did have to donate her mymphocytes to her a year later, but since then she lead a really normal and active life, and she still does.
She was doing fine till about a month ago. They found a pretty large tumor behind her spleen and is pushing on one of her kidneys. So.....she had a biopsy done this week and her hasband and all of us are wating for the results. Hopefully, it can be removed or shrunk.
We might have to go to PA. this weekend to see her, but will not know till later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Prayers are needed for her now. Her name is Pat.
I was so looking forward to seeing everyone,(Chuck, Rich, Rich M, Bobby, Toggles, Gary, John (Coldspot), Shawn, Ron, and anyone else that I might have missed.
I will keep you posted.
Have a really nice time at Rich and Chuck's party.
Ray