Emory Winship Cancer Institute
High dose chemo was administered on Nov. 20 th and will be followed by growth factor shots beginning today to stimulate his own stem cell production. We expect to collect stem cells after Thanksgiving through a process similar to dialysis. Aimee will give shots and Franklin is a little worried, rightly so. Franklin is 36 hours into the high dose treatment and so far so good, no nausea or vomiting. Nausea and vomiting is possible for 72 hours after chemo but we can only hope today is as good as yesterday.
His mouth is an ever present source of aggravation because of the tongue swelling but he is quite good at consuming large amounts of sweets. He does feel the mouth is improving and we can hope that the docs expectation of the chemo improving the month will show true.
Stem cell collection will take anywhere from 2 to 4 - 4 hour days outpatient at Emory. We will continue to post updates.