Christmas at BMT Unit

I hope you read Karen's message from yesterday, it is so great! We went to the Bone Marrow unit's Christmas party today and what a reunion of some of the people we met and became somewhat close to while we were in the unit ourselves. Its one big family! Dr. Vaughan, the big man around campus, was a nervous wreck making sure everyone that was supposed to had a mask on. Terry was one of the lucky ones, he is 200 days out from transplant so he did not have to put one on! The lady that was two doors down from us was there, she is from a little town near Columbus, Georgia. She has had two transplants. She really looked good and was in such good spirits since the last time I saw her which was when we left the hospital, she was still there and could hardly walk. Today she was walking on her own and was so happy to see Terry! We cheered her on as we walked the unit's halls everyday. All the nurses were so happy to hear Terry and John sing! They sang three Christmas songs and then jammed a little after that. They made our picture with Santa and gave us presents. We could not believe it! We should be giving them presents! Terry had his picture taken with all the nurses and two of the doctors, Dr. Vaughan and Dr. Ashraf, he is the one who told us that the leukemia was really a bad one and showed us the chromosome chart with the mutated #6 chromosome. He is really very nice! He also had his picture taken with Dr. Belham, who was only a fellow when we were in there and he is the one Terry called a "smart butt"! He remembered that and admitted he is a smart butt! We had a great time! I am so glad God made them so smart to figure all that out and are saving so many lives! God Bless Them! Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas! Love to you all! Alyce