New day, new bone marrow...a new life

At 9am today, Mike was infused with bone marrow from international donor #205020.   They drip the done marrow into his system, thru his catheter.  Bone marrow transplants are similar to getting a blood transfusion.  Bone marrow transplants are not like organ transplants which require invasive surgery.  They will give him two bags of bone marrow (totaling 1 litre).  It'll be several hours for all the marrow to drip in. 
 
Mike's holding up ok.  He's lost about 5 lbs., having some more diarreah, has dry mouth and dry nasal passage, and has some pain during urination.  All of these are not uncommon side effects of all the meds he's been on.  The docs say they will monitor it closely. 
 
It will be about two weeks before they see any engraftment of the new marrow.  
 
Mike has his Phonak cycling cap on and has been watching the Tour de France.  Despite not feeling his best, he's always able to give me a smile.