Wow! Y'all are good! Ask and you shall receive... We went to Memphis for the St. Jude Marathon weekend, and had a quick lab check and visit with Martha and Dr. Reiss before we started the festivities. Guess what? Mac's telomeres were longer (improved) and his counts were stable. We will wait a few more weeks, check the counts again, and if they are still stable, we'll decrease the tacrolimus a little more.

The news of the telomere length is encouraging because it moves us further away from thinking the cause of Mac's bone marrow failure is genetic, thus making a transplant a necessity. It's all really new stuff, and the report comes from a doctor in Canada, and I don't really get it all. But I do know that the last time his telomeres were tested was right after his visit to the ICU, so his body was under quite a bit of stress. They are assuming this is the reason for the improvement now. Whatever, we'll take it! Now we keep waiting and watching and praying his system is not dependent on the medicine to work.

Team MacAttack had another wonderful weekend. We got lots of great comments on our "Cure Dat" shirts. We raised over $30K! All the kids did the 5K, including Mac. He ran it in 30 minutes, pretty good for a guy with a hemoglobin of 10!

Just being a part of the weekend is so rewarding. You know you are a part of the greater good by fundraising for St. Jude. They are doing so much research and so much curing. But they still have a long way to go. As they said at the dinner Friday night "Danny's dream was not to have 90% cure rates. His dream was that no child shall die in the dawn of life." So their goal is to keep on working until cancer and other catastrophic illnesses are curable! Talk about Running for a Reason!!! Maybe some of you out there would consider joining our team next year. You can run for their lives also! If not, of course we love your donations! Thanks to everyone who donated to this amazing hospital in Mac's honor! You are saving lives with your donation!

Our next appointment will be after Christmas. So until then, take care and Merry Christmas! Enjoy the holidays. Thanks for checking in and praying for us! We love you all!