She has been in pretty good spirits, she has been walking around the ward more and has been coloring in all the books that she has been given from everyone. They will do another bone marrow biopsy on the 17th or 18th to see about the progress of the chemo killing the leukemia cells.
Her Doctor has reported that they will be performing a stem cell harvest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic_stem_cell_transplantation) at about the end of April, it will be much like a blood transfusion and will be taken from her sister Charlene, who is a perfect match.
It depends on her counts and if she needs anymore chemotherapy treatments.
She still suffering a bit from the oral mucositis and esophagitis, that is still making it hard for her to eat and swallow liquids, but with the saline swish and a oral medicated mouthwash it has gotten better and she is eating more.
Her charitable fund is with FirstTech Credit Union and is being facilitated by her mother Diane Anderson. If you wish to donate to her, please make the checks out to Jenene Philips and you can send them to either 1392 SE 64th Court Hillsboro, OR 97123 or 3543 SE Belmont St, Portland OR 97214.
She also has a website now with a PayPal account attached to it that you can donate to her via a credit card. That site is here: http://jenenephilips.tumblr.com/
She is very grateful for all the well wishes and visitors.
Thank you,
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