Well, kind readers, the last article I wrote detailed my incredible recovery from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) after a bone marrow transplant. (First blog: See Not Every Story is a Horror Story, posted Feb. 23, 2024, available at www.nbmtlink.org, under the Blog tab.)

Several months after writing that article and returning home, I received the horrible news that I relapsed. My numbers started to tank, and it was time to gather the team to look at options. I was (and am) so incredibly lucky and grateful to have an amazing medical team at the University of Miami. In fact, my incredible doctor wrote the article following my second blog about the advancements in diagnosis and treatment of leukemia.

My team immediately said, “We’ve got you” and this was what I held onto after relapsing. I went for an additional three treatments of DLI (Donor Lymphocyte Infusion) as my original donor thankfully agreed to donate supplemental cells for me.  It was a very tiny syringe each time, but it was a syringe full of life changing cells and my lifeline to return to health.