The Donor Drive was an amazing success! Thank you so much to Friends Select and all who volunteered and participated. The total registered amount was 108!!! I was told by Ms. Claypool that this was way more than the National Donor Program anticipated. It seems …

Reminder – tomorrow is the bone marrow drive at Friends Select at 16 & Race.  The hours are from 2p – 6p in the PA room.  If you can make it, we truly appreciate your help.  The phone number for the school is 215-561-5900 for …

First invoice in since Morgan’s diagnosis, which is for Nov 24 – Dec 29: Room & Board: $95,132 Core Lab: $50,196 (I have no idea what this is) Pharmacy Services: $46,375.07 IV Solutions: $18,527 various other fees for a GRAND TOTAL of $293,641.07 INSURANCE:  PRICELESS With …

So, huge apologies for not checking in lately.  Technical difficulties with the site that seem to be now fixed!  So last we left off, we were SUPPOSED to be in the hospital another 1 -2 weeks.  Sure enough, true to Morgan form, the next day …

Friends is off for Spring Break, but school is still in for us at the hospital.  Morgan’s counts are still “zero”, but her spirits are back to infinity!  The doctors figure we’ll be in the hospital at least another 2 weeks, possibly 3.  Morgan is …

this was sent to me from a mom at Friends Select, whose husband works for Gamesa.  I do not know how they heard about us, but I am so glad they did – AMAZING! Subject: Gamesa US Supports Bone Marrow Donor Drive No. 09.11 · …

The last few days have been even less than a picnic than previous weeks.  Morgans counts, as mentioned before, have gone to zero.  Not like the Magic Zero from her school play she missed last week.  Thank you to Teacher Carol for bringing the CD …

Morgan’s counts have finally come down.  Now we have to wait for them to come up before we can leave.  This was expected, and what we were waiting to happen.  Morgan will be a little more sleepy and sick for the next day or so.  …

Ok, these GSF shots ( I think that’s what they are called) are to help Morgan get her counts up faster, so that we can leave the hospital.  We started them yesterday.  These are shots that I have to give her daily once we leave …

Morgan was amazing at 7am.  She took her eye drops, and rolled over (while I was pretending to sleep) to tell me it was time for her shot (which I did not remind her of the night before).  So, I was pretending to sleep, hoping …