That scene looked ridiculous, but reminded me of that ONE TREE HILL Episode , where some guy in his hospital gown, actually waits for his heart to arrive in the waiting room! LOL! And when the heart arrives, the man carrying the heart in some cheap looking foam ice box, accidentally trips, & the heart falls to the floor, & the dog grabs it to eat it! The episode was soo BAD that it was made fun of on E!'s SOUP! LOL!

Just another silly soap thing they do. 

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Awe, Vivian, I love your reply. It is so uncomplicated, on the mark and done so very often. Perhaps we should come up with another acronym ,ASST ''Another Silly Soap Thing''. :) eom Suds

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Posted by: Suds
Date posted: Tue Mar 9 19:58:05 2010
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Ha, I saw that too and thought ''what is that parade all about''?     Perhaps it is an education tool to let us see the many tools that is needed for that transfer.  Yet, I didn't need to see that, nor is the entire audiance brain dead on the complexity with most transplants.  The parade is ''over'' dramatisation at its best.

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Posted by: katy kennicott
Date posted: Tue Mar 9 19:51:50 2010
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I have participated in many BMTs. The patients are usually in an isolation unit and can have only family members as visitors - often only one or two. After the marrow is harvested it is sent to the lab for various tests and is labeled and then delivered to the unit where the BMT is to take place. They are correct in that it is delivered via IV to a central line. Then you have to wait for the ''take.'' BMT patients have to have many months of tests to determine if the donor marrow is making blood cells and to make sure that no stray recipient cells are active. It takes many months for the patient to start making a sufficient amount of T cells. I'm sure I'm forgetting something here but I've never seen donor marrow delivered the way it was today. Just sayin' . . .

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...interesting, katy -- thanks for giving us your RealLife info! Now, was JR's reaction to the iv transfer realistic? Would a patient have a seizure-like response to bone marrow cells or was that just more *drama*?...buddz

I've never seen a seizure. Most of the ones I have worked with are VERY sick and exhausted. They've been undergoing chemo and/or radiation and post bone marrow destruction are really wiped out. He could be having a reaction to the bone marrow transplant . This strikes me as a little overly dramatic. That's not to say that BMTs are not dramatic AND traumatic for the families who have to watch a loved one go through this. Believe me, it's no day in the park. That said, it still tends to be more low key than this has been. Also, they have really diminished the role of the donor. This is a painful procedure not without its own risks. My niece was a donor several years ago and has a large defect on her posterior and had some rather significant pain for several weeks afterward. However, she said she'd do it again, if needed. I have so much respect and honor those who donate marrow - especially for someone they don't know. These are the real heroes in my world. eom/kk

...thanks, kk! Overly dramatic is to be expected but lets hope they get most of it right...buddz

I had a friend who was a candidate for a BMT. (Unfortunately, he didn't make it.) However, I do remember that he was going to have to live in a 'clean apartment' near the hospital for several months following the procedure with no one else living or visiting there except his wife (due to possibility of infection.) I have no doubt that JR will be up and out in a week.

Oops, forgot to sign above message. Redbird

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Posted by: goldie
Date posted: Tue Mar 9 19:40:03 2010
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I thought the bone marrow was transferred with the patients in the same room side by side. Never heard of it being shown to the family like a prised piece of meat. Geeez!

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Posted by: Gary
Date posted: Tue Mar 9 19:39:32 2010
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Paraded to an isolation room that the doors do not shut all the way,  can you not sterile????

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