Have you discussed having a port installed so that they don't have to stick each time?
It takes a minimum of 2 hours for each unit. And the older you are, the slower they may decide to run in it because the elderly cannot handle the volume of fluid as well.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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