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Posted 2012-11-21T14:27:32Z

November 21: Wishing you all Happy Thanksgiving

Dear Friends and well wishers, I have had little time in the last few days to sit down for a few minutes and provide an update on Sujata’s condition. I was hoping that she would be home for Thanksgiving, but, unfortunately, her condition will require a longer hospital stay than we had anticipated.[...]

Posted 2012-11-13T05:27:08Z

November 12: Happy Birthday

Dear Friends and well wishers, many of you have called or written in the last few days to inquire about Sujata’s progress. She is indeed getting better, but very very slowly. She has an intense case of GVHD (Graft versus Host disease) and while all the medication and treatment at the hospital is helping, she is still in a lot of discomfort, requiring intravenous pain medication and very high doses of steroids and, of course, many other drugs. The nurses who take care of her during the day and night are very efficient and caring and have done their utmost to make Sujata feel comfortable. We are eternally grateful to them.[...]

Posted 2012-11-08T22:39:18Z

November 8: Fighting GVHD

Dear Friends and well wishers, hard as it is for me to do, I have to bring you news about yet another small setback in Sujata’s recovery. This morning she had to be admitted again to Mount Sinai for acute Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD). Her whole body is now covered with rash that burns and pains and causes extreme discomfort. Unfortunately, for bone marrow transplant patients, GVHD comes with the territory and we can only hope and pray that for Sujata it will be short-lived.[...]