Transplant Completed
9-12-11
My brother has completed the chemotherapy, waited 48 hours for the drugs to leave his system and has actually received the stem cell transplant.
The proceure itself was uneventful. The stem cells collected when I was in Houston had been frozen and stored until today when they were thawed and transplanted into Paul’s blood in much the same fashion as a transfusion. The next two weeks or so are critical.
Having a few million extra stem cells floating in his blood is not going to help Paul. Those cells now need to “engraft,” which means leaving the blood stream and taking up residence in his bone marrow and then dividing to produce the millions of additional stem cells his body requires. And, of course, all of those stem cells will need to begin producing new blood cells.
I have been visualizing the cells as having had velcro added while they were awaiting the transplant so they can easily attach to the bone marrow. Thank all of you for whatever prayers, energy work or visualization you have contributed to the success of the entire procedure.
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P.S. I forgot to mention that I have forwarded your blog to a few doctor friends of ours in Cuenca, Ecuador. One is an pulmonologist and the other is an oncologist so I know they will be interested in what you had to say. ~ JB
Dear Louis.
Thank you so very much for all you have done for “Paul”. Deb and “Paul” have been so very special to us over the years and my husband and I have felt so helpless these past months. Needless to say, they did not tell us a lot about what was happening before they left for Texas; we really miss them since their move. Through your blog, you have been able to keep us informed of “Paul’s” progress and we have been grateful for it. I am relieved that things are going well now.
Many blessings on you for your selflessness. ~ JB
Jan, our whole family appreciates your kind thoughts. The medical things seem to be going well. I am sure that “Paul” or Deb will be in touch with you soon as I will forward your comments to them in case they haven’t yet read what you posted here. ~law