First Hurdle

Kurt had a bone marrow biopsy done yesterday the 19th. He also got a fever yesterday. The doctor says that is normal with leukemia. They did the test in the afternoon, and by that night he was tired from the procedure and also not feeling too good with the fever. I went up in the afternoon, and he was pretty tired. Ryan, Cher, and the kids came up that night but didn't stay too long either. He was nervous about the results that we would get the next day. This will tell us if he needs more induction chemo or just wait for two weeks and let the blood counts go up.
Today, the 20th, he still has the fever, and it got pretty high. He is not feeling good at all. Around 4:00 the nurse came in and gave him more tylenol, and he said at least his marrow was clean, and I said "what!" He said Oh didn't the doctors come in an tell you. I said no. A minute later Dr. Ash came in and told us the good news. The marrow was clean, the chemo had killed the cancer cells. But he still has the high fever and feels miserable. We will find out next Monday or Tuesday if any of his siblings are a match for the marrow transplant. If they are they will keep Kurt there for another couple of weeks, and then he will get to come home for a week. If one of them matches the next week they will start right away on the transplant. If not, they will have to go to the registry and find a match. So he would have to do consolidation chemo for another 4 weeks until they find a match. He would be able to come home that week, go back for a week, come home for a week, and then go back for a week. Dr. Ash said she sees a little light at the end of the tunnel, but it will be a long winding road to get there.
Anyway we were very excited for this good news, but keep praying for him, that he will get rid of this fever.