[squirrellypoo]

I'm glad to hear your son is doing so well! Don't sweat the engraftment process - after first few days where all the chemo changes every day and you get to follow the chart, the long wait for engraftment can feel really boring. But the counts will magically go from zero to stellar (and then back down again if they've got it all amplified by GCSF/Neupogen) out of the blue, so keep your spirits up.

And the transplant ward at King's was very similar to what Nicole described - the staff there only ever deal with transplant patients and don't think twice about all these procedures. Nor do they have any qualms about stopping visitors before they break the rules, either!