today is an exciting day.
we got the call from children's hospital that there are enough stem cells present, and at the precisely right stage, for harvesting to happen, so brian and logan were off for boston within moments. this is a rather delicate and ephemeral window of opportunity: the stem cells, produced by stimulating the bone marrow with daily shots of the incredibly expensive and short-supply leukine, must be in plentiful density and just the right stage of development. harvest a day too soon, there are not enough, harvest a day too late, and they are past their prime for the later purpose of regenerating bone marrow after super chemo. before our last cycle of chemo, a series of leukine shots yielded nothing, as a blood infection precluded the possibility of any harvesting. yep, it's a good day.
at the same time, logan's hematocrit (red blood count) is low, so he will also be getting a transfusion. this time, it will be his mum's blood, as we have the same blood type and i was able to direct my most recent donation at children's for his use. medical technology is truly amazing.
yesterday logan and i stopped by his alma mater, CCLCS, to pick up four 7th row (talk about amazing) celtics tickets for sunday's game. these were so kindly earned by the seminar students of tony williams at charter, and we had the double treat of walking into a faculty/staff meeting, and getting to see so many of the supportive crew who keep showing up to help us in so many ways through this journey. the game should present some awesome photo opps, so i'll be posting more soon...
and a reminder: logan's high school, nauset regional in eastham, is holding a blood drive on march 5. three history teachers have created a challenge: if more than 125 pints of blood are donated, they will shave their heads. this is one way in which those with good health can help many who are in need of help, like logan. call nauset at 508 255-1505 for more info and to sign up. please come donate if you can!
~kim
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dear logan i so wanted to drop out a pint for you but some of us cant give that gift of life. so i will resort to trickery and get some healthygood blood for you.but deep down please know that i would love to bleed for you. and thanks for the needle i dont guess you want it back.
Logan,
I hope you had a wonderful time at the game and that you have an even more amazing time in Florida at Spring Training! Enjoy the sun and all the fun!
:) Mrs. Garran
So good to see you, Logan, at our staff meeting! What a treat. Keep fighting and stay strong. Thinking of you- Mrs. Woods
Hey Logan ~
Just wanted to let you know that last week I was working at Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Ave., right next door to Children's Hospital. I did stop in to see if you were there, but they told me that you were not. So, just know that as you travel, people are looking for you!!!
It sounds like you had a fun week...Red Sox and Jae's and Isabella! If you like Thai food, there is the new Thai Restauraunt in Orleans opposite Nauset Marine. Maybe sometime we can all go and "Thai" one on together!
Dan and I think of you often.
All the best from ~ Teresa
Loagie!
Here at the bog the peepers have just started peewinking.Spring has sprung!Before you know it those pesky Long Nook whipporwills will be keeping you awake at night, especially on full moon nights! ~ Degammo
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