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Topic: Update
The nurse coordinator at the U of M medical center, Tim, called again with more information. As did the social worker, Leah, whom we had the initial meeting with that Friday morning after meeting to Dr. Linda Burns. The answers I got yesterday were vague, but they said get specifics back to me today or tomorrow?

Tim's first statement was that he was waiting for my call about which sibling would be the donor, so they could schedule that person along with me for next week. I did tell him last week it would probably be my twin brother, Warren, since he really wanted to do it, was first to get approval, and probably in the best health. After covering this, he said he'd schedule Warren for next Monday (half day of blood work, etc.) and that I was to report at 10:30 a.m. that Monday, coming in each day as an out-patient. I will know each day what the next day's schedule is, but there wouldn't be a bone-marrow biopsy on Monday - probably another day in the week? He implied that I might be done as early as Thursday and it would then be that day I'd meet with the doctor(s). He also said they are "backed up" and my next procedures might not start until mid-week of
that week beginning February 5th. I said do you mean Wednesday instead of Tuesday and he said I would know when I got to the clinic on Monday, January 29th, as would Warren about his schedule for the second week.

This may all seem confusing now, but Warren and I will plan to drive down Sunday afternoon, check in to a motel, and be "ready" for all our tests Monday morning. I'm still waiting to hear about housing for my 100-day stint after the initial hospitalization. Tim was able to answer some of my questions about the outcome of my tests at Fargo, but most were medical terms that made little sense to me.

I might attend Wally Redmann's memorial service in Fargo Friday morning with Verna, depending on her schedule and the weather that day.