January 5, 2012 is Dale's new birthday. Immune system as fresh as a new born baby. The staff brought him a blanket and sang "Happy Birthday" to him while he received the bone marrow transplant today. It was uneventful, except for Dale's normal nausea and chills. Chills come from the transplant. They come in a container in frozen cassettes, defrosted in a warm water tub, then into his IV line. The 13 bags took a couple of hours with both the technician and the nurse with Dale the whole time.
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| Happy Birthday |
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| Stem Cell Replacement |
He should do okay for 2-3 days and then it hits. We'll see what that means for him. The nurse was helpful in telling us what to expect. They will keep track of everything, and when his levels get at a certain point, he comes home. There will be a very awful week of extreme fatigue, nausea, and loss of appetite, so they have to help him through that. Here he is today:
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| Doing fine |
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