June 26

Imagine my surprise when a young Methodist volunteer appeared at the door and said may I do your portrait. What fun. Imagine my surprise when the portrait looks 37 the age of my female donor. Shelly (Minggian) Xie is a 17 year old senior at Bellaire High School with an art hobby. She plans to attend Harvard and become a physician like both her parents. She speaks fluent Chinese, Japanese and English. Wow. We had a delightful visit.

I am so very grateful for family, friends, the wonderful Methodist team, and people like Shelly that make my daily waiting game just that a waiting game. Engraftment of the donor cells takes about 10 to 20 days, and I am on day 12 without complications.

Onward......... SS