Buzz Bedazzled by Heather Mar-Gerrison

Author:Heather Mar-Gerrison [Mar-Gerrison, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 21 – Match...

Buzz

I swallowed, feeling slightly nauseous. I really hated needles. Tell me again why I was here? Oh, yeah – that’s right. I was saving my prick of a dad’s life. “So what do I have to do?” I asked, trying not to pass out as I focused on the medic’s face.

He smiled at me. “We just need to see if you’re a match and then we need to do a simple procedure to take some bone marrow from you and transplant the bone marrow to your dad and that’s it – your job will be done.”

I nodded, “Sure, sure.” I said, “I can do that.”

“Great.” The medic grinned at me, “Let’s get cracking, then.”

I rolled up my sleeve to have the blood test done. “Can you, uh, not tell him about this.” I said, “I’d rather my dad had no idea it was me who was a match if I turn out to be one.”

He nodded, keeping his expression neutral, “Sure.” He said, “It’s not a problem if you’d rather keep it quiet.”

I took a deep breath, “I’d much prefer it this way.”

The medic taking the blood test started to tell me all about the procedure and how it would work, assuming I was a decent enough match. The method they used was called a peripheral blood stem cell donation, or PBSC as they called it. “You’ll need to receive injections for four days in a row to increase the number of stem cells in your circulating blood before you donate.”

I nodded. Fair do’s. They had to do what they had to do, I guess... “Okay.”

“So, it’s a bit of a ball ache but you’ll need to come in to see us for four days in a row to receive the injections which stimulate the production of stem cells.”

I swallowed. “Will it hurt?” I asked. I was aware that I sounded like a baby, but I really didn’t like needles.

He shrugged, “A little,” he said, “But no more painful than any other types of injection.”

I nodded again, feeling even more nauseous. Franz smiled at me and squeezed my hand, “I’ll come with you.” He whispered. I smiled at him gratefully.

“On the fifth day we’ll connect you up to this really amazing machine called a cell-separator – there’s no need to be put out or anything these days. The machine usually collects the stem cells from your blood through a vein in one arm, returning the blood to your body through a vein in your other arm. It’ll take about four or five hours.”

I nodded, “That’s not so bad, I guess.” I murmured.

He nodded, “Well, no – but you might need the whole process to be repeated the following day if we don’t get enough the first time.”

Great... Just remind me again – why was I doing all this for someone who hated everything about me?

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