Home from Stem Cell Transplant
*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