Well, here we go again. We left Las Vegas fairly early on Wednesday morning 6/15 and spent most of the day making our way up the I-15 corridor. We stopped in St. George to see Bruce, Chris and Tyler for a while and then Patty had to go the Kohl's for a work errand. Then we went to Coral Canyon and picked up a couple of items to bring up with us. Then we hopped on the freeway and made it to Cedar City where Patty had to make a work stop at the Smith's there. Then we had to drop something off at Bruce and Cara's house in Parowan before meeting Mom, Dad and Mike in Beaver for lunch. It was good to see Mom, Dad and Mike in Beaver and we hope that Beverly gets over what's ailing her right now. Then we hopped on the freeway again and other than a quick stop in Nephi to change drivers made our way the rest of the way to Salt Lake.
We met Mr. Tanner at the front door to the Parc Towers building at the Gateway - this is the same building that we rented in before although this time we're on the 7th floor instead of the 10th floor we were on last time. The apartment is pretty nice and although very similar to the other one we had, it's a little bit bigger and wider that our previous one. We don't look west towards the freeway and railroad tracks this time, we actually look south towards the next door building, it's much quieter at night.
This morning we got up, I had to eat early because of the anesthesia I would be getting later today. Our first appointment was at 10:45 at the BMT (Blood and Marrow Transplant) Clinic to check in at give labs, go over my current status and update my medical information. Then we went into a conference with Dr. Hoda so we could discuss what is going to happen and sign the consent forms to let it happen beginning tomorrow. We got done with them about 12:15.
My next appointment wasn't until 2:00 this afternoon so Patty and I went to Smith's and did some shopping to get her through the next week or two. Then we went back to the hospital and checked in with the imaging department to get my Central Line put back in. We showed up at a little before 2:00 (which was when my appointment was) and sat in the waiting room for about a half hour. Then they called me back to what they call the recovery room, but it's also the preparation room. . They got me ready and then for about the next two hours, we waited for them to ready to take me into the surgery room for the installation. Finally they took me into the surgery room and got me on the table and prepared for the surgery. The surgery is not too hard, but they use some pretty fancy equipment that allows the doctor to see where the artery is in real time so they can place the line tube in exactly the proper location since they have to thread it and hit it at the right location otherwise there is some danger because of the artery they place it in. Then they took me back to the recovery room and they had to watch me for well over an hour before they would release me.
Tomorrow morning we will go back to the hospital and they will admit me once again to the 8th floor east wing to begin the process that will start with the Melphalan Chemo treatments on Friday and Saturday.
I'll try to write again this weekend and let everyone know what's going on with us. I want to wish everyone a happy Father's Day and hope everyone's having a good summer. So until then, thanks again for all your support.
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