New Treatment Schedule - Take Two!

Mark and Dianna met with Zangari's coordinator today and went over their new schedule.

They will meet with Dr. Zangari on March 5th. If everything looks good, Mark will start the high-dose chemo IV on Friday, March 6th. Pill form chemo will be on the 7th and 8th, and high-dose again on the 9th. The transplant is scheduled to take place on the 10th. (Exactly one month behind on where they were hoping to be).

Mark and Dianna would like both Kim and Kevin to know that they are in their prayers. Kevin's transplant was last week and unfortunately he is now in the hospital dealing with a staph infection. Kim's transplant was on Tuesday and he went into A-Fib and had to spend the night in the hospital. An A-Fib is where the upper part of the heart beats faster than the rest of the heart. Thankfully they are both doing better today.

Many things can happen during the stem cell transplant. Staph infections will almost always occur. The heart problem is rare but can obviously happen as well.

As always, your thoughts and prayers during the next few weeks will be much appreciated.