New Treatment Continues

Jill has now received three infusions of the immunosuppresant drug know as ATG without any apparent side effects. At the same time the doctors are able to reduce the level of steroids they were previously using to manage the graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Sylvia reports that Jill is already regaining some of her strength and is able to walk more than she could earlier this week. Jill has also received two infusions as part of a trial of a new tissue regeneration therapy which could speed up Jill's recovery from the GVHD.

Things are getting back to normal for Jill and Sylvia again. Scott returned to Boise last Sunday, Harley arrived on Sunday and left on Wednesday and Tom returned to Missouri yesterday.

On Wednesday Jill received a banner with written messages from all her friends at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Boise which she is enjoying a great deal. Thank you to all Jill's many friends.

You may notice some minor changes to the Blog. I added a Links section and two new links. The first link is a short history of Jill's battle with Hodgkin's disease and the second is information about the new Jill Korn Benefit Fund which we have established for friends of Jill who want to make a contribution.

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