Greetings from Tucson!
Hi everyone!
I know it has been a while, but we are in Tucson for Robert's Bone Marrow Transplant. We got here tuesday and checked in yesterday. They put a port-cath in Robert and started his chemotherapy last night. Everything is going really well so far.
Robert is getting 7 days of chemo, one day of rest, and then he will get Amanda's stem cells on the 9th day. And we should be out of the hospital within 3-4 weeks. We will be in Tucson for about 3 months. So we are feeling really good about everything and know that it will all go really well.
Amanda starts her neupogen shots on saturday, and then they will collect her stem cells on tuesday. It is not very invasive, she will have an IV in each arm where they will take her blood out of one, spin out the stem cells and return the rest of the blood back in to her through her other arm. They said it will take about 4 hours. We are so grateful that she was a match for him and that she is so willing to do this for Robert. It has been amazing.
I will keep everyone updated as things progress! Thank you for all the love, support, and all of your prayers.
All our love.
I know it has been a while, but we are in Tucson for Robert's Bone Marrow Transplant. We got here tuesday and checked in yesterday. They put a port-cath in Robert and started his chemotherapy last night. Everything is going really well so far.
Robert is getting 7 days of chemo, one day of rest, and then he will get Amanda's stem cells on the 9th day. And we should be out of the hospital within 3-4 weeks. We will be in Tucson for about 3 months. So we are feeling really good about everything and know that it will all go really well.
Amanda starts her neupogen shots on saturday, and then they will collect her stem cells on tuesday. It is not very invasive, she will have an IV in each arm where they will take her blood out of one, spin out the stem cells and return the rest of the blood back in to her through her other arm. They said it will take about 4 hours. We are so grateful that she was a match for him and that she is so willing to do this for Robert. It has been amazing.
I will keep everyone updated as things progress! Thank you for all the love, support, and all of your prayers.
All our love.