Day 300 post transplant

Yesterday, Wednesday, was day 300 post transplant and the day Brett received his top up cells. 

The Japanese consultant contacted our team and gave some positive news. 

Apparently, he had never seen a transplant if this kind that hadn't worked. 

In all his cases of reoccurring HHV6 the top up stem cells had been sufficient to control the annoying but deadly virus. 

So buoyed by that happy news, our team decided to put in both bags of stem cell but not the lymphocytes yet. 

The transplant morning was nerve raking. The consultant came to seek consent, which is a form that talks you through everything that can go wrong. It is not a nice form, after hearing all the doom and gloom, you have to pick up your pen and sign that you agree to the risks. No option but sign in our case. 

The big tin pot containing the frozen cells arrived on the ward and you knew then the time was looming. 

The pot was opened and looked like something from a sci-fi movie. The dry ice wafted into the air. 

Then the team careful defrosted the cells in a warm bath and the clock was ticking. Each bag was done individually because they only had a 20 minute time-frame to get then in. 

I can report it all went perfectly with no side effects, vomiting or headaches or anaphylactic shocks. 

Now we just wait for the cells to grow and build Brett's body strong. 

This is what stem cells look like.