Aspirate and Biopsy Done

 The procedure went well.  Apparently they went in through one of the 5 sites from last week.  I'm not sure if that will make her more or less uncomfortable.  Regardless, I am keeping her medicated today.  She has been sleeping since the procedure, and I hope will continue to sleep through the night.  We will see.

Both Dr. Lakayo and Dr. Dahl were with her for the procedure - I wasn't expecting that.  They said there was more marrow than last week but they are still not expecting it to be enough.  Dr. Lakayo apologized for putting her through this but that we want to know as soon as possible and that we want to keep pushing the stem cell team to move as fast as possible.  Supposedly they are moving very fast, but we want to give them every reason to continue to do so.

Her counts are still stagnant; so, who knows if they will be up next week.  I don't think they even have her tentatively booked for another procedure at this point.

Right now, we are waiting to hear the aspirate and biopsy results, plus the results from the 3 donor specimens, plus whether or not Alan or I are a mismatch to her HLA type.  I hope we will get the results for all of these things by the end of the week but wouldn't be surprised if it takes until Monday at the earliest.