All that worry for nothing! My blasts finally cooperated and boogied downward all the way to 4%!! My appointment on Thursday with Dr. Garcia-Manero went well and he was clearly ready to send me to Stem Cell transplant at this time.
Next I will meet with the Transplant doctor, Dr. Champlin, on Monday and he will let me know what all I need to do to be ready for the transplant. The transplant coordinator called today to inform me that it usually takes about 4 weeks for the actual transplant to occur. So she will need to contact the donor and give the donor some choices of dates.They don't want to wait too long because that only increases the chances of me coming up with some infection or having the blasts rise again. The timing with the donor cell collection and the transplant (into my body) all has to be coordinated very closely.
The donor has to give his stem cells or bone marrow (his choice) the day before I receive them by infusion into my own body. Oh by the way, did I mention he.....He is my new HERO....a 24 year old male that lives out of the country! They can't tell me the name or contact information for at least two years (one year for donors living in the U.S. and two years for international donors). I also know that his blood type is O-, so after the transplant I will have a new blood type! It is all such a medical miracle!! At the earliest I could be entering the hospital mid March, but we will learn more in the next couple of weeks.
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