"How can I be sure in a world that's constantly changin?" The Young Rascal

Below is part of the email I received from Dr Forman. What a mensch!  It explains my confusion about my engraftment status, specifically whether my neutrophils (CD15 is a marker for neutrophils) are from my donor or my old marrow. If I am not careful, this kind of stuff can drive me crazy. Pretty good news in all and I didn't have to wait too long. I will sleep better tonight. In fact  i will sleep great in my own bed.

There is a take away message from all this.  Get copies of your lab. Check the accuracy of your prescriptions. The PA forget two of my anti rejection drugs. It could have been a disaster if I hadn't checked. As it was it only added hours of waiting for her to correct  the mistake. But these are minor bumps in the road. I am home  and in the process of healing.

I checked in the lab and there is a discrepancy in the CD15 reports .The report I have shows 100% donor on the neutrophil, but the report that you got says 100% recipient. I will have  to track this down tomorrow.  The most important number however is the T cells and that is showing early engraftment as it is these cells that actually mediate engraftment of the stem cells that lead to neutrophils and monocytes, and we will be repeating all of this on day +30 anyway. Nevertheless, I will call the lab as they may have to rerun the sample if there is any DNA left.