"Serious, But Not Hopeless"

Finn Petersen, MD



Dr. Petersen heads up the Bone Marrow Transplant Center here at the LDS Hospital, Salt Lake. Today is the first time we've seen him since Roger had his transplant two years ago. He was in Norway when Roger checked in to the hospital last week. Dr. Petersen has a very charming Norwegian accent, by the way. Some of you (I'm thinking of you, MacAteers) know that already.

 

His assessment of Roger's situation is the title of today's blog post "serious, but not hopeless." IF we can get control of the various infections that Roger has, and IF he can hang on until his brother's T-cells can settle in and get to work, and IF the t-cells can beat the leukemia cells, and IF nothing else bad happens, Roger could get better.

I had an abyssmal day. It was a day of lost cell phone signals, car repair charges that were way beyond what was expected, declined credit cards and saying goodbye to Roger's son. It was a day of frustration and fear. But this news -- this hope -- makes it all seem okay.

We will have to make a plan for taking care of financials. But maybe Roger will be around to help me make that plan.  Maybe things will be okay.