APRIL 9

Gary had another good day, although it didn't start out well. Before he could sit down to have his breakfast and coffee ... he was headed for the bathroom ... very sick. We left for the hospital hoping that would be the last of it, and it was. Probably a side effect of the Plerixafor.

From then on, he relaxed and watched The Masters on TV while getting his cells harvested. The 5 hours seemed to pass quickly for me ... maybe not so much for Gary. *smile* I will say that the nurses who handled him these three days have just been awesome! Couldn't ask for any better.

Tonight, the BMT nurse called to say that Gary put out 1.29 cells! That puts him to 2.38, which is enough to go to transplant, if Gary has a hard time giving more. They will still have him continue with the Plerixafor tonight and go back for harvesting tomorrow and possibly Sunday. Even though over 2 million cells are enough to go to transplant, they have found that if you have close to 5 million, your chances of the cells grafting back into your bone marrow is significantly better. So, let's pray that he does over 2 million tomorrow!