Nathan Panarese, 20, wasn’t expected to be able to come home to Wiscasset for another month or two. The former Boothbay resident and his mother Jenny DiSanto are at a Ronald MacDonald House in Boston while the 2014 Wiscasset High School graduate has been having frequent appointments to the Jimmy Fund Clinic; but he’s been doing well enough to possibly return home about a week from now, his sister Cassie Panarese said Tuesday. Once he does, he will need to stay home nine months while his immune system rebuilds.

He lost it when he was battling leukemia, which is in remission now; and thanks to his sister’s donated bone marrow, a 100 percent match to his, the immune system is on its way back, but it takes time, like a baby’s immune system does, Cassie Panarese said. The transplant was Dec. 15. He’s had minimal side effects so far.

Travel and other expenses linked to his recovery are set to benefit from Wiscasset Parks and Recreation’s spaghetti supper at Winterfest Feb. 11. Donations at the supper will be split between that cause and the department’s scholarship fund, Parks and Recreation Director Todd Souza said. The department wanted to help Nathan Panarese because he’s a member of the community, having taken part in youth sports and gone to school in Wiscasset, Souza said.

The supper runs from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Road.

Panarese’s sister plans to be there, and possibly her mother if she and Nathan are home from Boston by then. Cassie Panarese, also of Wiscasset, said the family is thankful for the help during her brother’s recovery from the illness he was diagnosed with in 2015. The family is also thankful he is starting to feel better.

“For me to be the best match possible, it was a little bit of a miracle,” his sister said. “So it was the best feeling when I was told, because it meant less side effects for him in the long run.” When transplant day came, she was nervous, but also excited for her brother to get better. “So I was willing to do whatever I needed to.” Afterward, her back was sore and she was tired, but glad.

She said when her brother is able, he plans to return to his electrical engineering studies at the University of Maine at Orono. “That’s what he’s excited about (and) what he’s been talking about. He just wants to get back into school.”