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*Impoorted from my Old Blog* the catheters on my chest (got another one on the right for back-up) my kuya's hand during the stem cell pheresis the stem cells that is being infused to me after being harvested from my brother  and  me on transplant day me I am finally home from  St. Luke's Medical Center  last Thursday after my  Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation  - my second to the last hope in my battle with  Acute Myelogenous Leukemia  (a miracle being the last hope). The procedure was done last March 3 - which we fondly called Day 0. My first day as a new person, given a new lease at life. I've been in the hospital for almost a month. I was given a high-dose chemotherapy regimen to prepare me for the transplant. I owe my life to my stem cell donor, my eldest brother Fidel. Thank you for sharing your blood with me - I can now literally and figuratively say that the same blood are flowing through our veins. Thank you - To my parents, whose emotional a

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