Todd is on the roller coaster ride of his life. Everyday brings a new set of challenges. He is out of the ICU now and back to his regular room. Yay!! His mystery bleed healed and is causing no more drama. His symptoms, though terrible, are mostly to be expected. He continues to be very nauseated and has an incredibly sore mouth. (Intubation surely added to that) If you have been trying to get in touch with him to no avail, don't feel too bad. I promise he is not screening you out. He is unable to talk most of the time and the other part is filled with nausea. I have been able only a couple of times to catch him and he was pretty groggy from his medications. We are keeping a pretty good record of all the crazy things he is saying though! ha ha
Some good news is that he is making new, healthy white blood cells. Things seem to be going according to plan.
Todd is still Todd under all of this junk, and we know he loves you and is so grateful for you and your thoughts and prayers in his behalf!
TKG!!
~Tiffany
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Todd's Status
Monday, March 22, 2010
Poker results are in...
Hello All,
I wanted to report on the outcome of the poker tournament.
We had ~35 participants who competed for nearly $2,000 in prizes. The top four “card sharks” were:
1st Place: Erik Ludovico
2nd Place: Andy Ujiie
3rd Place: Carrie Deverian
4th Place: Kim Gebrosky
It was particularly fun to watch Carrie ruthlessly knock off her husband and father over the course of the event!
Due to the extraordinary generosity of the winners (most of whom re-gifted portions of their winnings), contestants and families who directly donated, we were able to collect $2,250 for the Larsen’s! The whole event left me “royally flushed” (sorry couldn’t help myself).
Special thanks to Brad Freedman, who dreamed up this event. Erik Smith, Brad Freedman and I enjoyed putting this together and are glad everyone had so much fun!
Bentley T. Kerr
Friday, March 12, 2010
Poker Night for Todd
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Golf Scramble photos
I am a bit behind in posting some of the photos from the great benefits we have had lately. Sorry. In a effort to fix this here are some photos of the golf scramble in Arizona this past December was a great success and so fun! Thank you to all who helped out, especially to the Fosbergs who brought their idea to life!!! You guys Rock!! Enjoy some of the highlights...
Click on photos to enlarge
~Tiffany
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tomorrow is "Day 1"
To our family and friends,
Tomorrow is the beginning of a new chapter in our story. In the BMT world, the day after the transplant is known as "Day 1." To us, it means we have made it over the mountain and we are on our way down. It is the start of the journey toward healing and a life long remission. The last six months have been unbelievably difficult, yet so very blessed. Todd and I know that we have made it this far because of you. There were times when life was entirely too overwhelming, but then someone left a card on our door, brought us dinner, or helped us pay our bills. So often we were carried by the generosity of those that love us. And for that we will be eternally grateful and humbled.
Looking forward...the next few weeks are going to be tough. The nurses are doing an amazing job of keeping Todd comfortable as his body heals and accepts the stem cells. We are praying for limited graft vs host complications. Overall, he is in good spirits and is doing everything he can to stay strong and healthy. We will do our best to keep everyone posted on the recovery process.
All our love,
TKG (and Hillary too)
Transplant in progress...
Here are what stem cells look like. These are Todds!!!! Here we go...
A very grateful man!
Transplant day!
Today is the day! We are so excited. We are praying that his body will accept the transplant. Todd is soooo sick. It is amazing what he has to go through physically and mentally for this transplant to work! Please pray with us today!!!
Good luck Todd- You can do this! We love you!!!
Just some of the fluids going into Todd. Crazy!!!
~Tiffany
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