Day 37

Illustration: Bone marrow, Gray's Anatomy

Vlad is doing very well. He got preliminary results from last week's bone marrow biopsy that show no evidence of leukemia. That's great, but it's not definitive, so no exhaling at the moment. The doctors are really wanting to know if the blood that's circulating inside Vladimir is his or the donor's. That we don't know yet. If his donor had been female, and/or had a different blood type, it would be easier to tell. But he was a man with the same blood type, so it's a more complicated process to determine. I hope we get more results tomorrow, but you just never know.

He feels pretty good, but tires easily. His CVC line is prone to bleeding more than any of the others. Maybe it's the way he sleeps on it. We have to watch it a lot.

Alex moved out of the house last Sunday. It's kind of sad not having him around, although I must say I don't miss the thermostat wars! We gave them our big couch, which they kind of wanted. So we're sans couch right now, which is interesting. I always hated that couch anyway. We're looking for leather now. There seem to be a lot of Super Bowl leather couch deals right now. A couple of stores are throwing in giant TVs with their football specials. Enticing, that.