Despite cutting teeth, learning to stand, and Kelptyn laughing in the other room right now..... Kelptyn's latest test results paint another picture of what is going on inside him. His donor cell counts from Monday's labs show 20% on one marker and 16% on another. Kelptyn's donor cells engrafted very well in the beginning, but long term engraftment is failing. Kelptyn's BMT doctor has been consulting with several doctors across the nation and will be mapping out a final treatment plan before we admit Kelptyn back in to the hospital next Tuesday morning. Kelptyn will need to go through some more chemo treatment prior to a second transplant of cells. His doctor, Mommy, and Daddy remain optimistic that there is enough room in his bone marrow this time for the cells to nest and multiply. However, he is venturing in to an area of science that has not been in published research and is more based on the collective body of experience of many doctors. So we are starting over on "Day -?" and we move towards a new "Day 0" hopefully within the next two weeks. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers. I think I'll go right back to laughing and playing with him now. :)
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Jenny
4/13/2012 08:43:59 am
and thank YOU for the continued updates. So the adventure continues-loving and supporting you the whole way~
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Janet Clark
4/14/2012 11:02:19 am
We are holding you ALL up in prayers. Please keep us up dated
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Heather
4/14/2012 12:32:43 pm
Thinking of you continually!
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