so the donor has agreed to go through with the stem cell collection. thank the lord! her blasts are increasing, they have increased her dose of hydroxyurea to 600mg from 300mg. they want her blasts to stay below 10,000. as of yesterday they were at 8500. they might have to admit her to start a different chemo to lower her blasts till they can figure out when she will get the stem cells. they want to time it just right, the donor has to have her blood checked for disease and that takes a couple days then collect the stem cells.
i think the whole process i was told could take a couple weeks from the time she said yes till they collect the cells. so when they start this process it is 10 days of very intensive aml chemo then 24 to 48 hrs after chemo is done she will be moved to transplant to infuse the stem cells, then we pray they work their magic. in order to get graft vs host disease, which is what they want her to get, they will only give her a wimpy dose of one drug instead of all 3 to prevent it. transplant docs do not want to give you gvhd, this is a very sensitive situation, but i and we all know that abbi is VERY STRONG! we have only gotten through one victory, that being the donor aggreeing to this, now we have to get through chemo, stem cell infusion, gvhd and all the complications that come along with it. this is gonna be a very difficult road for her, please pray as you have been, pray for the donor cells to finally kill this dreadful disease, so our little girl can be a kid again!
