I sincerely want to thank everyone who came to the condo to express their condolences. It was a pleasure to see how much Boone was appreciated by his co-workers, clients, consultants, and friends.
At the visitation $4, 470 was raised to benefit the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center for Blood Disorders.
I cannot thank those of you enough who donated. For those that took flyers, please remember to send your donations To Sarah Cannon in Boone's name.
Anyone else wishing to, should send their donations to the address listed in the prior post.
In my reading, it seems they are very close to finding a cure for Leukemias and Lymphomas, and other cancers. There is very promising research being done on mice that may well transfer to humans in the near future.
So please, help all you can. Either by becoming a Stem Cell Donor or by donating money for research.
Thank you so very much.
My journey through Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Or "How to Cure Psoriasis the Hard Way."
This is Pauline, Boone's wife. Every year on or near his birthday, he has his annual physical. His doctor told him that he had "Immature blood cells" and referred him to a hemotologist. To Boone's great surprise when he arrived for the appointment, the hemotologist was an oncologist. They drew blood and the Oncologist, Dr. K, wanted to know why I was not with him. Next visit he said, I better be there. A month later, we went to the appointment. Blood was drawn. Dr. K. said it could be a couple of things, and ordered a bone marrow biopsy. On the 3rd month, we heard the diagnosis of CMML.
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It has been 3 months today. Being a donor was an honor. Please look into BE THE MATCH. It is worth it to find a cure for G vs H.
Donor Girl
I just wanted to let you know that I will be thinking of all of you on the 4th of July. I still think of "Boone" often.
Your friend,
Amanda
i think about y'all all the time, especially in may. that's when boone and i got to know each other best.
love and prayers,
nurse e
Nurse E. Thank you so much for remembering Boone. He had a special place in his heart for you. Thank you for being there when I could not be. I'm sure you heard he said he wanted to be blown up. We were in the process of making that happen when I finally got his computer hacked. He used his thumb print as his pass code. There on the desktop was a folder labeled CMML. I almost deleted it as I did not want to read any more technical papers on the disease. For some reason I decided to open it the folder. In it was a short paragraph about what to do with his remains and s playlist for his wake. One of his best collections ever. Again thank you for caring for him. I understand Dr S is at VU now. Should you ever cross paths, please give him my best regards.
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