More Than Enough (Do You Know Him?)

Oh my my!  Have you met the God of MORE THAN ENOUGH? (Where's a Hammond B3 organ when you need it?) 

Here is how the day went:  Amanda and Andrew went to breakfast.  Amanda ate a cheese & veggie omelet & part of Andrew's pancakes.  (That is a miracle in itself)  Then she checked in for the vein drain.  Before they started they had to do some testing.  She was told that she needed a baseline stem cell concentration of 15 in order to continue with the harvesting.  She was also told that petite, white females didn't usually have very good numbers, and that if she were a large, ethnic male she would have a better chance to have a number closer to 70.  Here's the second miracle:  her number was 115.  Yes, the number that she needed, plus one hundred.  The medical professionals were amazed.

They obviously proceeded.  She endured having two 17 gauge needles inserted in her arms, and having her arms tied down for a little over 4 hours straight.  She was aching from the shots that she had had all week, on top of being unable to move.  She shivered, and hurt, and eventually had a pile of 10 blankets on top of her, but she endured.  (When has anyone ever done something so very important without there being something to endure?)

At the end of the time period she was told that she could stay hooked up for another 1 1/2 hours, or risk having to come back tomorrow morning for another harvesting session.  The pain had been so great that she chose to rest and come back.  A couple of hours ago the doctor called to let her know whether or not she needed to return.  She started by telling Amanda that they needed 4,000,000 units for the transplant.  Then she continued by telling Amanda that they had already harvested 7,000,000 from her.  More, More, More than enough!

Y'all, I can hardly contain myself.  Why don't you just go ahead and praise the Lord with me.  WooHoo!!

The transplant is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.  I can't wait to see what else happens.

It is VERY well.