It's late Thursday evening, and we returned home just a little while ago from our stay at the Hospital for Sick Kids in downtown Toronto. Overall, everything went well with Curtis' stem cell collection. Monday, the femoral line was inserted in his right leg, and then Tuesday, Wednesday and today, stem cells were collected. While the line caused some minor discomfort for him, the apheresis procedure was painless. After Tuesday's harvest enough stem cells were collected to perform the transplant, however the doctors like to have enough cells for a back up transplant as well. Unfortunately, yesterday's harvest didn't result in enough stem cells, so we needed to stay the extra day. On Tuesday we also had a nice visit with Wendi and her boys Adam and Josh who drove 2 hours from London to visit Curtis. It certainly cheered Curtis up to see his cousins again.

Tomorrow, Curtis will be at clinic for his assessment and blood work before being readmitted on Sunday evening for hydration. Monday morning, round three of chemo will begin. This round, he will be given two different meds than rounds 1 & 2, and will be in for four days instead of three. We hope to be home by Thursday afternoon.