Day 1 and 2

So far so good!

Tuesday was a long day getting to Moffitt Cancer Center and checking in. Carol and Jaime got here around 945am and met with Carol's pharmacist, before getting her PICC line installed, which is the tubing that allows fluids to be administered via IV in a semi-permanent port. After that they had to spend hours waiting for the room to be ready. I arrived while they were waiting and around 8pm we got in.

Can't say the room was a very pleasing accommodation. Compared to Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of Pennsylvania Hospital, these rooms are sub par. On the upper hand many of the nurses and doctors and pharmacists and any other helpers have been very sweet despite that nothing seems to come when it is needed.

Nevertheless to give you an idea of how Carol is doing, an hour or so ago while on her second dose of chemo drugs, she said to the nurse, "Am I on chemo right now?"

Hurray for minimal to no side effects! We're crossing our fingers that it stays this way. She's mainly just tired now but that's all so far and might be because it's near the end of the day.

We really want to especially thank our very special friends Jeri and Oren for the enourmous portion of organic microbiotic home made Healing Miso Soup and brown rice/vegetables that they sent with me for Carol! She doesn't know how she could have survived on the hospital food which is not suiting for a neutropenic patient like herself or anyone trying to maintain a healthy diet. Jaime is also looking at nearby places to get similar organic/microbiotic foods to keep her healthy and well nourished during her stay.

Thanks to everyone for your continued loving support in all forms and again if anyone has any questions about the blood donation information from the last post, feel free to e-mail me!

-Daniel