During a long and very fruitful meeting with Joy's main doctor last weekend, Joy and many of her family learned some great news!
1) She had a biopsy of her bone marrow done and no luekemia was found.
2) All the bone marrow found was from the donor. This is good because it means her cancerous marrow is nowhere to be found.
3) Although she is not producing many red or white blood cells and will most likely require transfusions for the next 1-2 years, this doesn't necessarily mean her marrow isn't working, it just means that there are other factors mitigating its success.
4) Thus far she does not have graft v. host disease.
5) If her blood is DNA tested (next time Joy is in the Olympics) it will show up as being XY. (Okay this is only good news depending on your point of view, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless!)
6) Joy can exercise as much as she feels like.
We are so grateful to have this positive news! We love you Joy!
Congratulations! Your patience and endurance is paying off. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteThis is good news! We are all cheering you on every step of the way. We love you!
ReplyDeleteArian and Jill
We continue to have you in our thoughts and prayers and are cheering you on!!! We love You!! Much Love, John and Heather [ and kids]
ReplyDeleteYeah!!! So glad that there's positive news.
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Steph
Joy, we are so happy for you. We keep in touch with Ken at church, it is good to see things are going well. We can't wait to go out with you again, dinner is on us!!!
ReplyDeletewe are so excited to hear the good news. We will continue to pray for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteYahoo! We are so pleased. We love you. We hope and pray for continued positive news.
ReplyDeleteMatt, Erin & boys
You are a strong woman in so many ways. Love you, Joy.
ReplyDeleteLori
Joy! Hurray! We are so happy to read the great news. May you continue to get stronger every day!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Rick, Sarah, and Jonas
Joy,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you. You and your cute family are
so amazing and we have really admired you for being so positive through all of this. What great examples you are. You are still in our thoughts and prayers.
Love Always, The Swapps
Joy,
ReplyDeleteIt was so great to see you last Saturday! We are so thankful for your wonderful news and we'll continue to keep you in our prayers.
Love,
Vicki, Chris and Emily Sanford
Joy,
ReplyDeleteIt was so great to see you last Saturday! We are so thankful for your wonderful news and we'll continue to keep you in our prayers.
Love,
Vicki, Chris and Emily Sanford
Thank you for keeping us up on the latest! We are so happy for the good news! Wishing you all our best! Rick and Jen
ReplyDeleteOh this is such wonderful news. We can't wait to continue to hear more and more good news as the weeks go on!
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