Steve Rider's Web

Many people have expressed an interest in making a contribution on behalf of Steve. We have added a few links on the right side of his blog...

We really appreciate all of the warmth and love that all of you have shown. Thank you so much. It is clear that Steve was well-loved by so m...

Dear friends and family, This is Steve's sister. We're so sad to share with you all that Steve passed away early this morning at abo...

This is johanna. Steve is in the ICU at swedish with a possible pneumonia. He wasn't feeling well this afternoon but didn't get a ...

Short update: the conference reviewed my case today and recommended a re-transplant using the same donor. This would happen ASAP, assuming ...

On the left is my new PICC line, now in 2 flavors! If you remember, the last PICC catheter I had back in November only had one lumen (cathe...

Today I had another PICC line central catheter put in to handle the onslaught of daily blood draws and possible transfusions over the next s...

So here's the deal. The docs think my graft may be failing. It supposedly occurs in only 5% of transplant recipicients, and they don...

hey. it's johanna here. I'm just fillin in for steve so he can have a break. we had a pretty dismal day, most of it spent waiting ...

Apologies for not posting for such a long time. Everything has been going great (until today) and I've just been working on the condo a...

I didn't realize it had been almost 2 weeks since I last posted. Well, the blood bacteria I tested positive for was negative last week,...

Well, I'm a girl as far as my blood goes, which is good news! It means that I can now spill blood at a crime scene and get away with it...

Just finished meeting with the docs today, and the results of last week's bone marrow biopsy are 100% normal. Whew! From the pathology...

I feel great today, in fact I've felt great since Monday. I think it helps that I don't have any of those annoying symptoms I'v...

It's day 77, and the stomach cramps and frequent trips to the restroom have finally gone away. Whew. What a relief. We don't know...