[Wendy Beltrami]

Hi All,

I am here watching my son's new marrow being infused. Amazing, thrilling, and also a bit anticlimactic! The nurse is here with us for the duration which looks like it may be as long as 4-5 hours. So, we were just chatting about one of my pet peeves which is that when platelets, rbcs or in this case MARROW is being infused, many do not squeeze the little chamber with the filter in it so that the cells are not slamming down on the filter and instead are hitting a "cushion" of other cells that are sitting on top of the filter.

Does anyone else understand what I am referring to and if so, do you know if this is written somewhere in some procedure guide that tells nurses how to transfuse blood? I would swear that I read this in some kind of blood bank literature or...... something. Just can't put my finger on it.

Can anyone help?

Wendy/mom to Grant...
recipient of super marrow from German donor TODAY, 9/11, the world day of prayer.
Getting RID of his aplastic anemia for good!