May 31, evening

Happy Birthday to Randi... she did get good news for her birthday. Today was the first day she had no blast cells in her blood test (blast cells are leukemic cells, to my understanding). Yea !

Here is where she is in her treatment. She started on Thursday evening a new stronger round of chemo. She will do this for 7 days. This week the will test her brother, Josh, to see if he is a match for a marrow transplant. Randi will not have to under go testing to type her, because a few months back she got tested to be put on the donor list for bone marrow. In about 20 days or so she will travel to MD Anderson in Houston. That is where she will get her transplant. Geoff was told to plan on 4 to 6 weeks in Houston. I would encourage anyone who is not on the bone marrow donor list to consider it, it is a simple blood draw to get tested and you may be a match to someone in need.

As far as her birthday, thank you to all who sent cards and gifts. Unfortunately I was unable to deliver them to day and didn't want to see Geoff. I woke up with a sore throat and congestion. I don't even want to risk, the slightest bit, getting her sick. I didn't want to get Geoff sick either, but it seems as though he has a sore throat tonight as well. My mom is planning on taking her the cards and gift tomorrow, if all goes well. I do know she had lots of visitors today, including the boys. I know Thursday when the boys were there she was so happy, and they were too. They made quite a sight, her, Ryan and Eric all squeezed in the tiny hospital bed together. It was a great thing to see. I think the best medicine she has had.

Please keep praying.

Ali