Steve started his pre-transplant treatment on March 15 with three days at Huntsman Cancer Institute as an outpatient. Steve went to two sessions/day of full-body radiation to get rid of all his own bone marrow. He was able to tolerate this treatment pretty well with minimum side effects. On Thursday March 18 Steve was admitted to Primary Childrens Medical Center for the final preparations for the transplant. He has been having four days of heavy-duty chemo. One chemo he was given actually sweats out onto his skin and can cause skin burns. So to avoid that, he showers three times a day-which has kept him pretty busy.
Monday March 22 Steve gets to just rest. However, this is the day that his donor from the national donor registry will donate his stem cells. We found out that this will be a tranplant of periferal blood stem cells, rather than a transplant of the donor's bone marrow. These stem cells will be infused into Steve like a transfusion, then they will travel through his veins and find a place in the cavities of his bones, and there set up residency and prepare to "engraft" into Steve's body and start making blood for Steve.
Steve will have his transplant of stem cells on Tuesday March 23. This day will become "day Zero" and we will begin counting Steve's progress from here on out as "day 1, day 10, day 30, etc. from the day of the transplant. The doctors will be waiting to see when the new cells engraft into Steve's body, which will take about 2-3 weeks.
Steve and we all know that he can't move forward in this quest to be cured until he goes through this coming hard but important part of the treatment. Steve is upbeat and positive for these next 3 weeks, as are we his family. Thanks again to all family and friends for your support, faith, prayers, fasting and kind wishes. We couldn't make it without you.
Photo: Steve with his neice, Katie. They both were going into PCMC that day for treatments. Steve was having surgery to install a new port in his chest, and Katie was having an echocardiogram, a periodic check-up on her heart. Katie was sharing her Curious George in doctor's coat with Steve for comfort.
You're doing SO awesome, Steve!! We're excited about this transplant, and the road to recovery! Yeah!!! :)
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