Thursday, April 24, 2014

5 Days Until Stem Cell Transplant!

Since we last posted, eventful things continue to happen.

On Easter Sunday we began receiving a 6 day regimen of chemo to condition Clif's bone marrow and ready him for transplant, he is doing well and has experienced no nausea to date.  On that same day he began experiencing a new pain, since that pain was not subsiding, a CT scan was performed Monday afternoon on his upper right abdominal region.  The results returned with sludge and a gall stone in his Gall Bladder, surely never a dull moment.  We will leave it alone and pray the pain continues to lessen.  Dilauded is a big help!  We will deal with this much later, hopefully.

The lung continues to improve so that does not appear to be an obstacle at this point.

Today, Thursday Clif received his last day of the low dose chemo, tomorrow however will be the Big Load.   This different and heavier chemo called Melphalan is the most common chemotherapy regimen used to kill residual myeloma cells just before stem cell transplantation.  So please be praying this aggressive and stronger drug does only what they intend it to. 

Saturday, Sunday and Monday he will begin drugs to minimize graft vs host symptoms and Tuesday he will be infused with stem cells from our donor.  

Tuesday, April 29th is the Big Day.

Though I walk through the midst of trouble, you preserve my life.
Psalm 138:7

2 comments:

  1. Hallelujah! Let the games begin. Thoughts and prayers that the warrior will prevail!

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  2. "If I say, 'My foot slips,' Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, you comforts delight my soul." Psalm 94:18-19

    Praying for the LORD to work majestically and intentionally to bring Clif and you, Doreene, through this valiantly! Gallstones? Let's pray that God removes them and protects all other organs and systems in Clif's body, allowing the donor cells to bring life to every cell!!!

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