Bone Marrow Biopsy

Not Leo this time, but his dad, got a bone marrow biopsy today at UofC. His dad was tested last Monday to test his health as the potential stem cell donor to Leo. His blood tests showed that he had a low platelet count. An average healthy person has about 140,000 as a platelet count. Leo's dad had 120,000. So it's not severely low, but the doctors need to make sure he'll be ok to donate to Leo. As another reference point, Leo's platelets have been as low as 3,000 in the past few weeks. So the earliest we will get the results back from the biopsy will be next Tuesday. The results of this test will determine whether or not his dad will be able to donate to him, so let's hope that he is still a viable candidate. So let's keep our fingers crossed.

We are preparing for our oldest daughter's 5th birthday party tomorrow. Originally, it was supposed to be next Saturday on Valentine's day, but given how things have gone this week, we decided to make the party sooner so that Leo could celebrate with his little girl. It will also give him an opportunity to see family and friends before going in to the hospital for his procedure. I will be sure to take a lot of pictures to share with you all.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!