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Holy Moly, It's Happening!!   Happy Friday everyone! WOW!!  It is day 100. We have been in Calgary for 108 days. In some respects it seems like barely a week and others like an eternity.  We are currently attending Jackie’s last clinic day at the Tom Baker Outpatient Centre. They have drawn blood and are cleaning Jackie’s central line. Most patients have it removed by now, but since she is still on immunosuppressants she will keep it in until she is weened off most of them. Jackie’s care team is very happy with her progress right now as her cell counts are still moving in the right direction and her recovery from the graft vs host disease has been nothing short of remarkable. We are moving out of our apartment tomorrow and heading home.  Yup, you read that right…HOME!!!  Jackie’s care team has already started the process to transition her to the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and she is already scheduled there for multiple appointments on Monday. I’m not sur...

 Hello all, As Mike referenced on the last blog, we were able to move into a very nice condo sponsored by a not for profit organization.  They work with other organizations and partners to provide a home away from home for cancer patients and their families. The place that we are in is so conducive to rest and recovery.  The condo is truly a home away from home and as we have been away from our home since Easter, this has been a much needed place to rejuvenate.  We have been very lucky to be given this opportunity and it is another example of how much kindness there is in our world.  We will be staying here until we return home which is looking to be the weekend of Aug 13/14th.   I can't believe that I will be released from Calgary so soon but prior to discharge there are a couple more tests that are needing to be done.  This Thursday is another bone marrow biopsy to see how my stem cells have engrafted in my bone marrow and next Tuesday is an ultrasou...