I apologize for not updating everyone yesterday. We were wiped out after 2 long days at UCLA. Steve's second day of harvesting (and last) was yesterday and they got an additional 2.02 million. More then enough! Here he is hooked up to the hemapheresis machine. The large needle in his left arm is drawing out the blood and the smaller one in his right arm is returning the blood. He humors me and allows me to take pictures of him. He even smiles for me even though he's not feeling his best.
So now we rest and try to stay healthy. He gets admitted on Monday and starts the high dose chemo and transplant. Any illness or infection can pose a problem. The infection on his finger is getting better and hopefully will be gone by this weekend.
Below was last Thursday after we found out his numbers were going up. We were happy to hear that he could be going home the next day, which he did. I had a habit of telling him to move over so I could lay down........it was the only comfortable spot in the whole room! Our nurse's aide LaShonda walked in and said "Where's the camera?, Where's the camera?" She was absolutely wonderful! She was working the first night we got there and made things much easier for us.
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