Day 126

My stem cell count still hasn't reached the lofty pinnacle it needs to reach. It came up to 1.1 from .06 yesterday but it needs to go to 2.0 or better in order for them to collect. And there is another complication - Thanksgiving. They're freezing facility won't be open so if they collect tomorrow, there won't be any place to store my precious stem cells. I stand a chance of waiting a day. They told me that when my system produces enough stem cells, it can get a little bit uncomfortable, so, in a way, I hope that my counts are still low. Collection is a process that can take several days. It must be that Dock genetic make-up, we're late bloomers.
But bloom we do. My count went from 1.1 to 3.6 and they did my first day of harvest. I went for 4 hours to get what they needed from day one. They'll get the actual cell count Friday morning and then we'll do day two. Kelly gave us a date of December 8 for the transplant which depends on other factors but at least we have a target date. Oh by the way, so far Edward is the only match as a result of the HLA kits but some of the results that don't match me match each other. There are four kits for which we don't have the results.