"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."
— Flannery O'Connor





Stem Cell Harvest No. 2, December 2003
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Post-op, after surgical placement of central line into jugular.

During apheresis.

Apheresis machine.

Apheresis machine.

Apheresis machine, with various blood components.

Apheresis machine.

The stem cells!

Getting ready for G-CSF injections and site care. (Eyes are swollen from Gleevec.)

Central line, up close.

Central line, with clear bandaging to ehance site monitoring. Stitches visible.

The central line, in hands of physician assistant who removed it.

My neck, after central line and stitches removed.

After central line removal. Lots of tape burn, which left some scabbing.


















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