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24 July 2014

JODIE'S UPDATE: Thanks to a bag of blood yesterday, today I was able to make the family dinner and hang out the washing. Two things that have been harder and harder to do, over the last month, due to lack of energy and that is due to lack of red blood cells.

I will watch how my energy levels go over the next few days/week and will request another bag of blood, should my energy dip again. I have now signed special paperwork to start the application process for a $6,000 (per month) round of chemotherapy injections - which I will take, whilst we are looking for a stem cell donor.

The injections should be approved in about 10 days, apparently. Once approved, I will be required to go to hospital every day for 7 days in a row to get the injections and then rest from chemo for another 21 days. Then start again. The chemo should stop my Myelodysplasia from converting into Acute Myeloid Leukemia - whilst we are searching Australia and then the world for the right tissue typed stem cells.

Thank you for reading,
Much Love,
Jodie & The Guerrero Family xx