Well the elation on the possibility that my stem cells were finally working did not last long. My local oncologist wanted to have blood drawn on Monday to see how they were holding up. The platelets have dropped to 9,000 from 23,000 last Wednesday and the hemoglobin has dropped to 7.6 from 8.5. He has ordered 2 units of blood and 10 units of platelets to be given later today. We went for pre check-in and banding yesterday and will be at the hospital at 7:00 this morning for the transfusions. It will take most of the day and I should be out by 2 or 3, if all goes well. Our local hospital has to order the units from Carter Blood Bank but it does not take long for this, just overnight.