63 days. Amazing. Leo has been in the hospital over 2 months. His doctors requested to do another biopsy on his last Friday because they wanted to see how the cord blood cells were developing. We got the results yesterday and it was not good. There were no cells remaining from either of the cord bloods that were given to him. At the last biopsy a couple weeks ago, they saw at least a few cells from one of the cords. Now there are none. Because of this, his doctors have determined that the transplant was a failure. At this point, they don't have an alternative plan in place because honestly, they didn't think Leo would make it this far. They have bounced around several ideas, including trying another transplant with his mom's cells, trying another cord blood transplant, or they have started to talk about testing the girls to see if any of them can be potential donors. They just aren't sure at this point what to do.
The good news is, they are letting Leo go home today and surprisingly with no IV's, all oral medications. He is still very weak and his legs are extremely swollen, but he is glad to be going home and being in his own bed. The other good news is that they didn't see any cancer cells in his marrow, which is great.
Leo's doctors think he may be home for a couple weeks or so until they get another plan in place. I will be sure to keep everyone updated as information develops.
Take care!
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