Almost 6 million, and climbing

We collected 2.7 million stem cells today: respectable, but Jimmy and I were hoping for a little higher count than that. Added to those we have stored from the September collection, there are more than enough to go into transplant next week, but optimally, Dr. Lonial would like to have around ten million , so we'll go through the process again tomorrow, and Thursday and Friday, too, if necessary.

We were at the hospital before dawn this morning, and were not back at the apartment until mid-afternoon. Sleepy and serene, Jimmy napped, and chatted with the nurses, but my antsy Mackey genes were in high gear, and Jimmy said that I could have walked to Valdosta and back, for all the pacing I did.

We're continuing the Neupogen shots, and Barbara comes back again at ten tonight to give Jimmy the AMD3100, then it's back to Emory before daylight tomorrow.