Just finishing our 6 week transplant stay at Mayo MN. The BMT Teams here are marvelous! Professional, beyond competent and caring! Our road has been long and riddled with unexpected and unusual twists and turns. When each of the "hiccups" which could easily have derailed my husband's treatment any where else presented itself, the Team in charge had the additional Team required to deal with it on board before we were even aware of an additional problem. There isn't a curve ball they're not ready to handle.

Stem Cell Transplant is a long and tiring road, but Mayo MN walks you through it step by step, always educates and explains what and why as you go through. Here in MN at least Mayo is unusual in that they are set up to handle transplant as an "outpatient procedure". That doesn't mean you get to go back and forth from home - you have appointments to check blood work, vitals and you're attended to by a care provider every day and your caregiver has 24/7 access to the Team via phone and access to walk you into the BMT Floor at the hospital any time of the night or day - but you're not actually stuck in a hospital room for the duration.

I'm from MN, so I know what to expect from winter weather. Yes, it's cold, but Mayo has a wonderful "subway" system..... Not trains, but a system of brightly lighted hallways that appear the same as the hallways on the rest of the 17 floors through which you can access the entire Mayo downtown campus and many hotels and businesses. The shuttle takes you to the St. Mary's campus if needed and picks up and drops off at both Gift of Life Transplant Houses throughout the day. You can get your morning blood draw at Gift of Life as well so you can do those fasting labs then eat breakfast at your 'home away from home' before heading to the hospital for your daily Dr. visit.

The Mayo Campus in Rochester, MN is a tiny city located within the city of Rochester that has a MN small town feel. It's easy driving, it has access to everything you need when not 'temporaily closed due to Covid-19 Restrictions', and Mayo hospitality values permeate much of the city population.

Other than the fact that I'm sorry you have a medical condition which causes you to need a Stem Cell Transplant, you can't do any better in the world than Mayo MN.