Journal entry by Carrie Williams —
Well, I got the best news imaginable today....I have a donor! A dear, wonderful, sweet, amazing co-worker and friend of mine went through the process and we found out today that she is a tissue match! I honestly don't have the adequate vocabulary to describe how thankful I am right now. Our case has to go in front of the transplant team next week to get final approval so it won't be completely finalized until then. But for now, I can take a deep breath and relax a bit. I think it's the first deep breath I've taken since this whole thing started. I honestly, didn't think I'd be lucky enough to find a willing donor and then to find a willing donor that's a match! I feel like the luckiest person in the world right now.
I'm still feeling pretty good and imagine it will be about a year before we need to do the transplant. So for now, we just wait. So happy! As always, thank you all so much for the love and care you've shown me over the last year. Support of friends and family has been so important to me!
I'm still feeling pretty good and imagine it will be about a year before we need to do the transplant. So for now, we just wait. So happy! As always, thank you all so much for the love and care you've shown me over the last year. Support of friends and family has been so important to me!
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