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No News is Good News

Wow, how time flies, it's almost been two months since our last
update. Let me quickly get to the good news I mentioned.

Praise God, Jodie has been doing wonderful, as part of her recovery
though she continues to take a cocktail of different medications to
help her body fight viruses and bacteria and to prevent the Graft vs.
Host disease I mentioned in our last email. She sees her doctor on a
weekly basis to monitor her overall health and recovery. Her white
cell counts could be higher, but her red cells and platelets are doing
great. The big plus is she's been able to stay healthy since being
home. Before the transplant, she would get sick every few weeks and
usually end up in the hospital.
Jodie's also been very busy doing normal mommy stuff picking up the
kids from school, going grocery shopping and cooking dinner for the
family.

Regarding my dad, remember he was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer
two days after we found out about Jodie's aplastic anemia. Well, he's
doing great too! His doctor has been treating his cancer with a
targeted kidney cancer drug called Sutent. The doctor is really
excited about the drug's effect on the cancer, it's working very well
in reducing the existing cancer cells and preventing it from spreading
any further.

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!

Thank you all again for your ongoing prayers and support.

All glory be to God,

The Gees

Welcome Home Jodie!!!

Welcome Home Jodie!!!!

116 days ago Jodie left Dallas for Houston's MD Anderson hospital for a life saving bone marrow transplant, because of God's grace and faithfulness and your never ending prayers and support, she is now home.  She returned on Thursday night, but actually didn't stay at home until Friday.  Tyler had strep throat, so an extra day on antibiotics was needed before he was not contagious.

Jodie is feeling great!  The last couple of weeks in Houston were a breeze.  Her doctors even stopped her 3 visits per week to the hospital.  She only went in for a couple of follow up visits.

As for Jodie's overall recovery, she is still in the early stages.  She still has a lowered immune system so we'll focus on preventing sickness and infection and watching for signs of graft vs.host disease.  GVHD happens when the new immune system (donor cells), sees Jodie's cells as foreign and begins to attack them. Her recovery is expected to take a couple of years since GVHD is most common during that time and her immune system will need that time to mature.  Since she's starting all over, Jodie will need to get immunization shots again too.  Maybe her and Elizabeth can finish them up together:)

That's it for now, just a quick update.  Got to get back to pancake breakfast with Jodie and the kids, God is so very good!!!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"

Jeremiah 29:11

Day 70

Well we've just returned from another great weekend in Houston visiting Jodie and her sister Joyce.  Jodie's parents joined us for the drive down.  Boy that 4 hour drive is a lot easier with extra hands to help with the kids.  I tried to go it alone a couple of weeks ago and let's just say I'll probably wait until the kids are about 18 before I try it again.

Before the weekend even started there were a few health concerns with Jodie and my dad.  First off Jodie's blood counts have slowly started to decline over the last couple of weeks.  Even requiring her second blood transfusion and another shot to boost her white cells.  The nurses weren't even sure what was causing the drop.

And then my dad developed some kind of cyst on his chest that had to be drained and cleaned.  His doctor thought it could be a bacterial infection, but would not know until further tests.  Maybe the worst part of it all was the doctor said it could be contagious and advised that he not see Jodie or the kids this weekend for risk of passing it on to them.

Another little scare, a rash developed on Jodie's hand after lunch on Sunday.  Just to be safe, she went to the ER to get it checked out.  All part of keeping an eye out for Graft vs. Host Disease.

I did mention it was a "great" weekend in Houston right?  We really did have a great time, we stayed at the Rotary House hotel, it's attached to MD Anderson by a huge sky bridge.  That sky bridge was really all we needed, we ate there, napped there (me), read there (not me) and best of all let the kids run around while we relaxed.  We also had some friends come and meet us to catch up and get a chance to see Jodie.

Tuesday brought some really good news for both Jodie and my dad.  Jodie's low blood counts are probably being caused by one of the drugs she it taking for a virus, well that virus is now gone and the medication will be stopped.  It will take a week or two for her counts to start moving back up again.  Her rash, nothing to be concerned with the doctor just prescribed some cream for it.

My dad's wound is healing and there's no longer a concern of him passing it to someone else.

So we are on day 70 after the transplant, we hope to have Jodie home at the end of July.  And my dad will have another appointment with his doctor next week to take a look at his kidney cancer.  We're hopeful that the medication has continued to reduce the cancer.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support for our family.

Blessings to all!!!

-The Gees