Benefit Concert at Unity Temple

Thank You
The benefit was amazing! If you were there, you know what I mean. The outpouring of support was inspiring and the benefit was quite successful. Our sincere thanks to everybody who attended, organizers, volunteers, musicians, technicians, chefs, bakers, collectors, donators, bidders, buyers, family, friends, everybody who was part of this excellent event. We are so fortunate to have such good and talented friends and family in our corner. You’ll never know how much it means to us...
                                                                                          Mike & Karla

 
Kelley Hunt
Rain Dogs
With Special Guests
Retro Rangers
Fabulous Freddy
and the Doo Wops
The Bluegrass
Tornados &
Uncle Baccey Juice
Graybill, Gruenbaum &
McSpadden
jazz, swing, bluegrass

 


  Mike's Story

Mike was diagnosed with cancer Feb. 16. It's mantle cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There have been many tests, transfusions, CAT & PET scans, hospital & doctor appointments since then. There were 6 rounds of aggressive weeklong sessions of chemotherapy over 6 months. After all that, he still had cancer in his bone marrow, he needed stem cells from a donor. Neither of his siblings matched, so we went through Marrow.org’s worldwide registry to find one. Our donor was a 36 year old international male.

Mike started his transplant process at KU Med Sunday, Aug. 16. He had hi dose chemo and full body radiation for 4 days, wiping out all his bone marrow, then got the new stem cells. Since then he's been going through a difficult and complicated recovery process in the BMT Isolation Unit. He was released from the hospital after a month on September 15. He still has no immune system, so it's sanitary isolation time at home as well. Host vs. graft disease has to be managed. There are still many tests, transfusions and treatments for the next year or so. Lots of challenges and changes ahead, including Mike's blood type & DNA!

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), which represents approximately 6% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cases, remains the most challenging lymphoma to treat.

 

 

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