Time Is Tight

Julie Eastman
Hello everyone. I haven’t been reporting in lately because things have been very tense. Mike is not doing well right now as he is not responding to the anti-rejection drugs like the doctors had hoped. He is developing more complications that are becoming increasingly difficult to treat.
They have just started another drug to [...]

Julie Eastman
Hello everyone. Haven’t had much to add to the website lately and I still don’t but I thought it was time for an update.
Mike is still in hospital and will be for some time to come. He is making slow progress but has a long way to go before he [...]

Julie Eastman
Mike is much better this week. He is still weak and in need of hospital care but he has made some improvements too. His biggest problem is a bladder that spasms and requires him to have a catheter. If it wasn’t for this he would likely be discharged from hospital.
His Graft versus Host is [...]

Julie Eastman
I’m sorry to have to report that Mike is back in hospital, although he is relieved to be there. He is feeling quite poorly as he has had a flair up of Graft vs. Host. This is the body trying to reject the new marrow. It is being treated but as of yesterday response [...]

Julie Eastman
It’s official! Mike is home from the hospital and feeling pretty good. He had his first out patient appointment today and found travelling back and forth in a car was okay. We were a bit concerned that he may feel nauseaus, but so far so good. Our bathroom looks like a pharmacy and he [...]