Since we visited Dr. Silber in December a slew of tests where ordered primarily for Joy and Maeapple but also for me. So far so good. I had my semen sample test done a couple of weeks ago, and the results came out normal. What i didn’t anticipate about this test was how much i would end up feeling around doing this test. I alway thought that my results would be fine, though still in the back of my mind the questions lingered “what if it does not come out ok?” no one really tells you about that, i guess you are suppose to expect it.
For the past couple of weeks we have also been trying to set up a T & B cell cross match test. This is to determine if Joy and Maeapple are suitable matches i believe. Well turns out that the VA does not perform this test, and many labs here in the bay area don’t perform this test. So we have to send out the sample to a lab in St. Louis. It has been a bit of work to coordinate it all, since both blood sample have to arrive in St. Louis at the same time within 24 hours after the blood has been drawn.
It looks like it will happen tomorrow, Joy and Maeapple will have their blood drawn at separate locations in California and have the samples FedEx to St. Louis.
The Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis HLA lab will be doing the tests for us.
We are not worried about the test results since we already know that they are a match, since Maeapple has already donated bone marrow to Joy. They just require a new test for each procedure.