April 29th 2016 Transplant Day

Robyn's stem cells were thawed and introduced to their new host at 16:30 today and are running wild and free.  This is one of the very few syngeneic transplants for multiple myeloma that has been performed in Australia. Denise is tired but well. She had some chest pain after the procedure and an ECG was run just to be sure to be sure. The ECG showed that there are no problems with her heart and the pain was put down to reflux. There is an upside to this: she is being given Endone to ease any pain that occurs and to relax her; it did both and is continuing to do so. Dexamethasone and Endone - there are people out there who would cut off an arm to get that combination into their systems.

Here is a picture of the transplant happening: