Here is the latest on Superman Obi Wan Muhammed Ali Houdini 2012, aka, the guy getting my stem cells. His such and such levels are dropping closer to where they need to be, but it is still up in the air if he will be ready to get the transplant. They’re going to do a test [...]
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I think that says it all. Got the call 10 minutes ago from Stacey that the Guy has low levels of something in his blood and his doctors aren’t comfortable killing off his immune system yet. He is thankfully still in remission which is essential for the donation to go through. They are redoing the [...]
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Yesterday was a bit of a crazy donor day. After being medically cleared for liftoff on Friday via phone by Nurse Practioner Sue, I did one last pre-donation test at a lab here locally on Monday and thought I was done with all the preamble. But then Monday night I get a message from Stacey, [...]
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On the way home from Dana Farber on Friday, I was thinking of the expression “Tow The Line.” Specifically, I was thinking of it for a title for my blog about this next step of the donor process. Why is that? Well, at this last check-in, supernice nurse practioner Sue decided to recheck the suitability of [...]
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Remember the man I was going to donate some blood stem cells to? Back in September he was deemed medically unfit for transplant and the donation was cancelled. The donation journey had ended sadly and I was put back in the donor pool. Well, I got an email today: time to get out of the pool. A new social [...]
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