It is about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22nd. In about 2 hours, Idan’s donor cells will arrive. The donor cells come in a small package, about a pint of blood, and gets hung from his IV stand along with the four other bags and syringes delivering fluids into Idan’s veins. At first sight, it is all rather anti-climactic. The cells will be infused like anything else that has been infused into Idan in the past several days. But this infusion is unlike the chemo, the blood and platelet transfusions, IVIG, fluids, the anti-nausea meds, antibiotics, and other “anti” drugs. This is not just any drug. This is an infusion of seeds finding their way into Idan’s bone marrow, where they will settle, grow, and blossom. This is the beginning of an “idan chadash” – meaning a new era – for a new Idan.
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