• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• It’s Just a Sore Throat
• The Plan
• The Parallel Universe and the Teddy Bear
• Advice from Everywhere
• Overcoming Four Obstacles
• Extreme Opposites on the Road to a Cure
• Battle Plans are Formed…“People Get Ready”
• A Match, Consolidation #2, and Travel Plans
• Welcome to the Emerald City
• Plan B
• Banana and Root Beer Ice Pops and the Button
• Out and About
• A New Beginning, a New Job, and New Struggles
• Life Goes On: February 2004 to June 2005
• Tom
• It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day
• Appendix: Resources on the Road to Recovery
• A: Lessons We’ve learned
• B: Transplants are Expensive
• C: Fundraising
• D: Bone Marrow Drives
• E: Publicity
• F: The Website - Purpose and Design
• G: Medical and Disability Insurance, Social Security, Retirement Benefits, and Other Stuff that Nobody Wants to Think About!
• H: Organizations that Support Patients and Their Families
• I: Glossary
• J: The Cast of Characters
