The day is going well. We arrived around 6:30am and they drew some blood to check my white counts. I gave myself the last injection around 8am and then we had to wait an hour before the collection could start. They put a line in my femoral vein and the process was kind of uncomfortable. The doctor used lidocaine to numb the area and they did it right in my hospital bed. I was totally fine with everything until I started to feel blood trickle down my leg and I started to get a little light headed. I don't do blood well. It feels like a weird pressure in my groin area but it's nice to be able to move both arms.
The side-effects are completely gone and I'm so thankful for that because it would make sitting here even more uncomfortable.
We are hoping they get a full collection today so I don't have to stay until tomorrow and it should be ending around 3:30pm. The line has to stay in for 2 more hours after the collection and then once they remove it I have to wait around for another couple of hours to be monitored but then I can go home hopefully. :)
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