Dennis advanced to the Apheresis stage this morning. We’re hoping that within the next 6 hours on the machine, enough of his stem cells can be harvested. We won’t know how successful this procedure will be until the process is over. Unfortunately there is no blood test available that will read the results of the Mozobil injection Dennis received late yesterday afternoon. But, he is connected to the Spectra Optia Aspheresis System (with a catheter in each arm), and our fingers are crossed that his bone marrow woke up last night!
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Evening Update: Good news - Stem cells are being harvested.
Bad news - There are not enough.
Another day of Apheresis is scheduled for 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday (tomorrow).
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