Harvest.

I was goin to post when we got here but I was just now able to get the wifi to work. Anywho, we got here about 3pm on Monday and Donnie had to do some blood work and a chest X-ray before he started Tuesday morning. We did all that then headed to Aunt Lu's for dinner and to relax for the night. My uncle told me if we had to be at USC at 7am then we needed to leave the house at 5:30am.. Bleeehhh. So, we woke up at quarter to 5 and headed out soon after. Unfortunately for us we got there in a half hour. I say unfortunately because we were there so early the hospital wasn't even open so we sat in the car for a hour but whatever better early than late. He started with blood work then went upstairs to the outpatient rooms to start the stem cell harvest. He started about 9 and only that late because one of his catheter tubes were clotted so they had to use a vein for his blood return. It takes 5 hours from start to finish. They run his blood out of one tube and through this machine, take the stem cells out of the blood and then run the blood back into his body. It's quite a process. He need around 5 million stem cells harvested before he can be done. They told us they would call us around 6pm last night to tell us if he had enough but unfortunately they only collected half of what he needed.. So he had to come back again today to do another 5 hour harvest. I mean, he's actually doing pretty well. They said on average it takes 1 to 4 days to collect what they need and he was able to give them half in one day. Hopefully after today he will have enough and we can go home but we'll have to wait till tonight to find out! Wish us luck :)
On a side not.. The day we left both our kids woke up sick. Fun. I felt so bad for them. {and my mom} Mia had a bad first day and Brody has been coughing up a storm and they havent been sleeping very well at night. I just wish I were there, cause all kids want their mom when their sick. And I feel bad that my mom has to do it all. I swear, something always happens when I have to leave! I just miss my kiddos and I wish we were home! Plus, I have a boat load of Christmas stuff to finish... Ahhh relax, Alex, it will all get done. I have to just keep telling myself that he he :