New Transplant Date October 19

Unfortunately, my throat is still quite raw. But I'm not spiking a fever every day now though. I went to the ENT Tuesday to see what they thought about it. Before that I stopped by GCS (Ga. Cancer Specialists, my local oncologists) to get my blood counts run. The white blood count had plunged to almost nothing since Friday when it was checked at MD. So no wonder my throat won't heal up. So it was a wasted trip to the ENT. I don't have any counts to fight off the infection and the antibiotic can't do it all alone. So I started with daily Neupogen shots again to boost the white blood count. If I can get them back up my throat will heal - I've got a week. I'll check my counts again on Friday.

The new schedule will require that we start BEAM on October 13 - at least it's not on Friday. The donor must be close to Houston because they think they can infuse on the same day that they harvest the cells. The donor is anonymous since she is unrelated, so I won't really know until a year from now.

In the meantime, it's been nice to have a few more days at home. I've been able to get a few more things done on the house renovation. I wasn't quite prepared to move to Houston last week.

Football wise, you know you're living in strange times when Kentucky vs. S. Carolina is a big game in the SEC. I'll take the old ball coach in this one just because it's being played in Columbia.

Tennessee over Georgia in a tight one. Clemson will win handily over VTech. Maryland will beat the Jackets since the Fridge has an offense and Tech doesn't. LSU will prove they are really #1 by beating Florida. LSU's coach will be Michigan's after this season.

Oklahoma will beat the 'Horns by at least a touchdown. Texas was embarrassed by K State last week and the Sooners have too much speed.