as we go cont'd

EKG showed that the heart's working. Went by to see Dirk and Elly and Lynne. The harvest is going as planned. The nurse showed us how the centrifuge separates the components of the blood and then they draw off the stem cells and collect them and  the other components are recombined and returned back into Dirk's other arm. It should take about 4 hrs. or less. I am in the Stem Cell Transplant Clinic for 2 appointments here. Over all the waits have not been long in fact I am ahead of schedule. Tomorrow will be a long day starting at 6:30 with a PET scan. I just finished meeting with the Research Nurse about a protocol for trying some investigative treatments that have shown to help reduce the chances of the cancer to return.  I have also an admission date (for now) of Oct. 3 with the 10th as the target for the infusion of the stem cells. The ball is still rolling.