Disappointing Day

Today started bright and early for Bill to get his special catheter inserted for the harvesting process.  As he was getting ready one of his toe nails ripped off.  All his nails are thin and brittle.  Not knowing how low his platelets or white blood count is we always worry about excessive bleeding and infection.  Molly and I did a bit  of make shift first aid to stop the bleeding and proceeded to the hospital.  All went fine with the procedure and then they took some blood work to see if his stem cell count was up high enough to begin harvesting.  A disappointing phone call was received that said counts are too low.  We will go over to the clinic this afternoon for a shot of some super duper drug to tell these stem cells to quit hanging on and spill into the bloodstream! We will try again tomorrow.  As our friend Elaine told him "Don't be stingy with those cells so you can hurry up and get home" After that I think we will take a short walk along Lake Michigan and find a nice place for dinner.  His white count is high so it is safe to go out in public as long as he is careful.  Molly is on her way back to Cincinnati for a very busy and intense 3 weeks of studying before finals!    Please say a couple of extra little prayers today for her safe journey back to school and this new drug to do it's thing!