Get to stay home today and tomorrow collected 2.54 million stem cells yesterday. So for the two days I collected just about exactly the maximum amount of 6 million. My baby stem cells are now in the hospital freezer waiting for next week. The other 3 million stem cells that are not used will be saved for 8 years.
Back to the hospital on Monday for final blood work and a visit with the doctor before the transplant takes place. The transplant process is as easy as a blood transfusion. They will take half of the stem cells collected and put them back into my body using the central line, it is a simple as that. Though the rough part is the high does Chemo that will wipe out my bone marrow to make room for the new baby stem cells collected. This will drop all my blood counts really low for about a week or a little more making me tired along with other side effects of the Chemo. Red blood cells and platelets will be transfused as needed. White blood cells, we have to wait for the new stem cells to make.
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