David went to see the hematologist yesterday to hear about the results of his bone marrow test. He has been diagnosed with myelodyplasia. Essentially the bone marrow is shutting down. Like the polychondritis there is little know about the disease. He is going for a blood transfusion on Mon. That should make him feel better. The hematologist has taken him off the Methotrexate so for the first weekend in months he has been able to do more than sleep the weekend away. Time will tell how the polychondritis will behave without the Methotrexate and if the hemoglobin levels will improve.