Well, here we go! We had an early call time and arrived at Memorial Blood Center around 7:30 this morning. Danny had another round of questions, another injection (last one!), and then we had to wait 30min before he got hooked up to the machine. The staff has been awesome, which makes this whole process that much easier.
At around 8:30 he was good to go and got hooked up. They place a needle in one arm for the "out" port, and a catheter in the other arm for the "in". The needle/out arm needs to stay straight throughout the process, but he cath/in arm can move if need be.
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| The "Mystery Machine" |
So far we are the only people in the room, but soon we will be joined by someone donating their own stem cells for their treatment. Danny and I have been a ball of questions, so hopefully this person isn't shy, as it'd be interesting to hear about his/her story.
I'll update more in a bit. For now, I'm going to kick back and watch some movies. I believe Danny's words were "This is way easier than a day at work." Ha!
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| The happy patient. (His smile may be the product of learning that the "catheter" he feared was not the catheter he thought it was going to be... :P) |
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