I handed off the ball to Leah on Monday. She stopped in SF on the way back from Maui for her donor evaluation. During the 6 hour day at UCSF, she had 11 tubes of blood taken, 2 interviews, a chest x-ray, EKG, physical, and vein check. The nurses in the Pharesis Unit (where they collect the stem cells) were very warm and friendly, and are hopeful that they will be able to use veins in her arms for the collection. If the veins are too small, she'll have a catheter placed in her neck, but that will be determined on the day of collection.
The short-term game plan, which is always dynamic, is:
August 29th: Caitlin admission to hospital, begin chemo regimen
August 30th: Leah and Freddy arrive to SF
August 31st: Leah begins Neupogen shots to increase her number of white blood cells, 2 per day (usually administered at night, either by Leah herself or a friend:) )
September 5th: Transplant day
In the last quarter of Monday's game, Nicholas suffered a forehead injury so we spent more time at another hospital in the city (he fell into a door hinge and got a handsome goose egg). He made a quick recovery and was back in the lineup for playground games the next day. Proud baby below.
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