Good things come to those who wait.....and these good things are teeny tiny microscopic stem cells......890,000 of them collected today! Quite a jump from the previous days of 3 to 4 hundred thousand a day. So Ed is all done with stem cell collection - there are 2,350,000 of them waiting for him for next week's infusion.
Right now we're waiting for a bed to become available on the stem cell unit, which will likely be tomorrow (they expect to discharge 2 patients by Wednesday afternoon). We will call around noon tomorrow to get the final word and then off we go. Ed will have a full day of fluid hydration and plenty of time for FOX News and all the breaking stories while we get settled in. I will likely be getting reacquainted and making sure everything is set up to make him as comfortable as possible and figuring out the shortest route to the best pizza place and ice cream shop within walking distance. I hope he'll be feeling up to lots of pizza and ice cream for at least a few days.
That's the awesome news for now........ we're off to see Ed's Mom and then catch a movie tonight -- we won't have much chance for a "date night" OUT for a bit, so we'll take advantage of our chance to see "Super 8" later this evening. Oh..... no more Neupogen shots for now too! What a relief! Ed's stomach is an unofficial pin cushion and I'm sure he'll be happy for the break.
As soon as we get settled and know what we're doing tomorrow, I'll update you....... Happy Tuesday!
Hi Liz, thanks for the update --- and thank Ed for returning my call it was great to talk with him. Looking forward to good things going forward, you guys are over the hump now!
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Ed's stomach is an unofficial pin cushion and I'm sure he'll be happy for the break.
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