We left for Salt Lake last Wednesday as I said in my previous blog. My meeting lasted a little longer than I had thought so by the time we got something to eat, we didn't leave Vegas until about 2:00, then we drove to Salt Lake, actually Bountiful, which is just north of Salt Lake since that is where we got our hotel room for the weekend. We used Hotwire to book the room since the rooms in Salt Lake all seemed to be either booked or much more expensive than they were last time we were in Salt Lake, it was a Country Inn and Suites and was a pretty nice place and served us well. In addition, 5th West in Bountiful is full of places to eat so that worked out well also.
We went to the LDS Hospital Thursday morning as we were suppose to and they began the first day of testing which included lots of blood tests, updating my information, an EKG and echo cardiogram and finished the day with a bone and bone marrow biopsy. We started about 11:00 am and got out around 5:00 pm. Then on Friday we went back for a couple more tests which included a pulmonary breathing test and some chest ex rays which didn't take much more than about an hour on Friday. This paragraph is short, but it was a pretty full day and a half of tests to get ready for the next step.
We then went back to our room for a while and then went down to the Gateway plaza to eat and wait around to look at places to stay while we are in Salt Lake. We ended up renting a furnished condo that is on the 10th floor of a building that backs up to the Gateway Plaza. It is completely furnished and includes utilities, TV and Internet and should be a good secure place for Patty to stay when she will be by herself when I am in my inpatient stage of treatment. We will meet the rental agent there about 6:30 this Thursday evening to get the keys and move in.
This Friday Jan. 28th I begin the next stage of treatment which will be the injection of medicine twice a day to get my stem cells stirred up and cycling through my blood system, then after about 4 to 6 days of that, they will begin the collection process which will separate the stem cells from my blood in a dialysis process and save them to be put back into me later in the inpatient part of the treatment.
Amanda is going up with us this week to help us get situated and ready to go for the processes, she will probably come up several times which will be good for Patty, especially while I am inpatient. I don't know what else to talk about at this time, I think I'm ready to proceed, but I have to admit I'm a little nervous for the different stages of the treatments that I will be having.
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