This drug has just been approved this past February, and they have nothing but good things to say about it. It helps push the stem cells in the bone marrow out into the blood stream so they can be collected. Before this drug was available, Gary would have had to go in tonight and received 2 more G-CSF shots, which are painful. Although this drug is also administered in his belly, it is not painful. All in all, it was an uneventful day. Gary slept most of it. *smile*.
So, how can you pray for Gary? Pray that he will produce the desired amount of stem cells each day. He needs a total of 5 million or more. He will have to go every day and receive the two G-CSF shots and possibly every evening for the Plerixafor until he meets this amount.
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