it all comes down to the marrow

Superquick update: Hans' wart was treated today. Part one of 4 anyway. It hurt and it was unpleasant, but at least we are finally making some progress somewhere! We also found out that Hans was finally approved by the trifecta of committees...the NCI, (or NIH...I seriously can't rmemeber!) FDA and IRB. The IRB approval came in today during our office visit. Hans is cleared to start immunotherapy or antibodies...provided his bone marrow aspirate is free of NB. We will go in tomomorrow for the bone marrow procedure. Thanks for any prayers, thoughts and good vibes you can send our way for tomorrow. The last several bone marrows have been clean. But of course, with this back pain, bone marrow disease is something that needs to be ruled out.