July 27th

Now that I have had a minute to stop and breathe, I can finally muse overwhat today has meant to me.  Today is July 27th, which marks 13 years since I had a stem cell transplant to try and cure the leukemia I had been diagnosed with.

When it was done, it was still very experimental and had only been done at my hospital ahandful of times.  Without it, I was sure to die.  With it, we weren't sure of anything.

They gave me six months to live after treatment, as a hope. If I lived, I would have body alteration, learning disabilities and constant supervision.

Well it is 13 years later - and I've graduated high school and college with honors, visit my doctor regularly and married a great man who looks past every scar and every health problem.

So today I went out and celebrated.  I took off work and took a trip to Houston.  My husband bought me my favorite ice cream, I went and saw one of my favorite comedians and got to shop at agiant mall.  Now, I'm tired and will probably need another day to recover frommy day off!

This is me on my wedding day - the day no one thought would come.