Yesterday- Ryan and his good friend Heather.
Yesterday receiving platelets.We'll we received some good news today. Marcia took Ryan to the BMT Unit this morning and after he received more platelets, they got the good news that the bone marrow stem cell count in his blood stream is now high enough to begin harvesting! Yesterday was the first day they've been able to get a count. The count has to be at least a 5 (I have no idea what the numbers mean or stand for) and yesterday it was only at a 1, but today the count was up to 13! Let the harvesting begin! So, tomorrow morning they'll hook him up to the dialysis-like machine and siphon them off. He'll have to do this for as many days as it takes to get enough to freeze, normally around 3-4. Each session takes about 4 hours.
Ryan,
ReplyDeleteWe're thinking about you all the time. What a tough thing to go through!! Glad you had some good news today.
Ryan,
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the photos to visualize what's really happening. This sounds very time consuming. Thank goodness you have your computer to keep you occupied! Hang in there!