Day 3 of the big harvest

Well great news today they collected 2.8 million Stem Cells so now I have way more then I needed and we will be on our way home in the morning.  Every day my white blood count has doubled and of course not because of my incredible body but because I have been shooting myself about every 15 minutes with Newpergen the drug that increases my white blood cells which in turn increases my stem cell count.  So by today we were talking mega stem cells.  The things that need to be complete before they can schedule my BMT is the Cat Scan which will be complete Friday and They need one more Bone Morrow test as the last one gave bad data this really sucks as the test hurts allot but they will do it in one of the final screenings in Ann Arbor.

 

The weather is very cold but we will be back around 11:00 in the morning.  Not much to write about we have become cave dwellers going from the hospital to our small cube motel room where I start with a nap then watch TV hour after hour.  It brings back the reason that we got rid of our TV.  As I told Paul the person in the harvest stall next to me needed to go to 6 million Cells they will only need 3 million for his BMT but they collected the extra in case they needed to do it again.  I checked with my nurse Emily about the nap  requirement and was assured that it is normal because my blood has run a marathon.  We may be talking about a new exercise machine. 

 

Today I started my nap during the harvest so I have not been able to complete my book "The Blue Zone" by Andrew Gross I still recommend the book but will finish soon, I still need to complete the book that Tim sent me which is "Farewell My Subaru"  this is an incredible comedy I will recommend  when I finish.  Tim is one of the reprobates that I go fishing with in the spring and the fall.  Every time I calculate the time I need to be isolated it seems to run into my spring fishing trip even though the camp is very hygienic I could run into sick people on the trip.