Prayers for our friend

[Lindsey]

I just wanted to update... Tim was sent to Seattle just after Christmas. He went through a lot of testing and they decided to give him two stem cell transplants. In the first, he was given his own stem cells, and that one was just completed. I believe he will be getting another transplant from a donor. He has a blog so everyone has been keeping up to date and he is still staying pretty positive. His mom is there with him, so he's been a little annoyed being a 30 year old man living with his mother, but his girlfriend is going to visit shortly

Since Seattle was the best of the best cancer center he could have gone to, everything medical-related is being covered by the government, thank goodness. His travel and living expenses for himself and his mom are being covered by a provincial charity. They do a yearly telethon where they raise millions and many other fundraisers. Their telethon was actually the weekend we left for Africa, so we were able to donate, and we also found out they are holding a steak night fundraiser for just Tim next month so we bought tickets for that too. A good portion of the tickets have been bought by Tim's friends and family so it's great he has such a huge support group!

[DianaB]

I'm glad to hear that Tim is getting the best help available!! He's in good hands! I'll still be praying for him. Keep us posted on how he's doing!