Thanks for stopping by! Gregory came tumbling into our world on June 24, 2005. In February of 2009 he was diagnosed with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia. JMML affects Gregory's production of healthy platelets, red cells and white cells. Basically his entire blood producing system. Our Odyssey began on February 23rd, 2009, when he was admitted for flu symptoms and dehydration. We spent May through September, 2009 in Seattle, WA under the care of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Gregory's only course of treatment is a Bone Marrow Transplant, also known as a Hemotopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT). On April 21st, 2009 we received that magic phone call, notifying us of a perfect 10/10 transplant match. We arrived in Seattle on Monday, May 11. We were admitted to Seattle Children's on Monday June 1, to begin pre-transplant conditioning. (AKA: Heavy Duty Chemo). Gregory's transplant began at 4:10am on Thursday June 11, 2009. We were discharged after nine long/short weeks. We were out-patient in Seattle and hoped to be HomeHome by the end of September. After a minor set-back, we were able to return to the Spokane area on Sunday, October 11. Gregory and I lived at our family's place on the water, from October of 2009, until mid August of 2010. In order to protect is very fragile immune system, we felt it safer to live away from the elementary aged siblings.
Gregory is still undergoing treatment for Graft Versus Host and this could continue for years to come. Trying to teach his new Immune System to not destroy his body.
Thank you to everyone who has/will touch our lives. Everyone of you will forever be a part of our families history.
