The Bone Marrow Draft: The Pick Is In

"Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping. And even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying."

-from Grey's Anatomy

Match Game: Finding my donor + scanxiety

"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match,

Find me a find, catch me a catch."

-from Fiddler on the Roof

Revving Up For a BMT: The Tune Up

"If you aren't willing to keep looking for light in the darkest places without stopping, even when it seems impossible, you will never succeed."

--from Grey's Anatomy

Reflections: April 9, 2019

"What's broken can be mended. What's hurt can be healed. No matter how dark it gets, the sun's gonna rise again."

-from Grey's Anatomy

The Journey: Liver abnormalities and infections galore

"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

-Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer"

The Diagnosis: August 21, 2013

"I have cancer, too. And let me tell you, it's a bitch. And it's an equal-opportunity offender. No amount of money in the world, no amount of privilege can make you exempt.

And when it chooses you, you're suddenly thrust into a club you didn't ask to join. You're shipped off to war, even though you never enlisted in the army. But you have to put your armor on anyway. And know that if you're lucky, you'll discover different sides of yourself -- like a will you never knew you had.

And you'll get to see new sides of the people who matter the most to you in the world, as they wrap you in their love and lend you their strength when yours is running low.

And then you go off and you fight. You fight like hell. Because, really, what other choice do you have?"

--from Chasing Life