Blood

So today my dad took me up to LDS hospital to have my blood tested and the levels checked to see if they can start harvesting the stem cells. It was about a 45 minute drive, and we had to be there at 7:30 AM, so that whole aspect of everything wasn't very fun. We waited for about 10 minutes before they called me back, not bad, and then I was done in about 5. If even that. So to me it just feels kinda annoying to drive that far when it's going to be such a quick visit! They said the results would take about 45 minutes so we left with the knowledge that she'd call me. We had gotten till we were only 15 minutes from home or so when my BMT coordinator called and said all my blood levels were super low and I needed to have a blood transfusion! Thankfully we didn't have to turn around, they just sent the order to the local hospital which is really close to our house. The good news about all this is that it did give me time to run home and grab my laptop and a book before the transfusion. I hadn't taken anything with me to really do up to Salt Lake, so had we stayed I would have been very bored! So I'm actually getting blood pumped into me as I type this. Thanks to this new laptop that has a webcam I could grab a couple of shots. It's very slow, suposedly it'll take 3 hours for all the blood to pump in. Then tomorrow bright and early at 7:30 I get to do it all over again! This time we'll be sure to stay up there till the results are in and I'll be sure to bring my backpack of things to do.

It's nice having this central line in so they don't have to poke me!