Jim spent the whole day at the clinic today. First, they wanted to collect more stem cells. They need 5 million. That took 4 and a half hours. Then he had to spend an additional 4 hours getting hydrated. Plus an hour of antibiotics.
We met the new doctor today. He told us that Jim has to get all the tests again before he can go to transplant. Those tests include a pet scan, CT, MRI, and a spinal fluid test. They need to be certain that Jim is absolutely cancer free before he can go to transplant.
We expressed an interest in going to Spokane for a bit and the team said that that may be a possibility.
In the meantime, Jim will continue to get hydration until his kidneys are back to normal. He will be getting antibiotics for another week or so. We'll find out tomorrow if he has collected enough stem cells. If not, he'll get hooked up to the apheresis machine so they can collect more.
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