Thank you everyone for all the kind words, prayers and support! For those that don’t know the details....
I have been fighting cancer again since late September. I was being treated with 2 oral chemo therapies, blood and platelet transfusions, biopsies and labs. At one point in November we thought it was beat but it decided to come back. In the last couple weeks my cancer continues to become more aggressive and I am reaching a critical point. By the true grace of God, I will start chemo therapy Christmas Morning and receive a Bone Marrow Transplant on January 2nd. I will spend 30 days in isolation at the hospital and 70 days in isolation at home. This is to prevent illness and infection.
My brother Sean McDonnell will be my donor! Thank God my parents had so many children! I had a 25% chance of a positive match with each sibling. We were told that it can take months to find a match if none of my siblings were a match. Sean was in the very first group of 4 siblings being tested and matched. He was actually a rare match. He matched the 10 markers in my DNA perfectly, his blood type matched, and we both test negative for a virus that 70% of the population carries. We were told this doesn’t happen for anybody and that we were truly lucky. I believe gods hands were behind these results but I also believe Sean brought luck. He is the 7th [son] born on the 7th day of May in an Irish family....
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I will eventually have a blog that will be kept up to date with my progress. I will post a link once it is ready... Again THANK YOU for your support and please keep the prayers coming!
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