Started the Stem Cell collection today.

I just got off the phone with mom and she said they started the stem cell collection today. They had to be at the hospital at 7am this morning. They tested his blood and hooked him up to the machine. It took about 5 1/2 hours to complete the collection. She said it wasn't painful for dad but if his fingers and nose started to tingle they had to give him calcium cuz it was too low. She said he is feeling really good but just his joints and bones ache because on the injections. They were waiting to hear back from the doctors to see how many stem cells they ended up collecting. They thought it should take at least one more day or maybe two, to get enough stem cells. So if they get enough tomorrow they would come home on Tuesday. We just hope that is the case cuz I am sure dad is ready to come home. But things seem to being going really well and we just hope things continue to go as planned.