Pre-admittance tests and working out the logistics for Patty

Today and tomorrow are a couple of very early days for a retired person. The alarm clock said 4:35 this morning and will say about 5:00 tomorrow (Friday) morning. I made the trip alone today up to St. George to get the majority of my tests completed in preparation of going to Salt Lake on Oct. 12th, doing the last checkup and interviews on Oct. 13th and then getting admitted on Oct. 14th to get my direct line put in and start the process of Chemo and the introduction of my stem cells back to me to complete the transplant process. Tomorrow morning (Friday Sept. 26th) Matt is going to drive me up and especially back from Dr. Te's Office as the one remaining test that I need to complete is another Bone Marrow Biopsy procedure that we are having done at Dr. Te's Office at 8:30 am. I am grateful to Matt for getting off to be able to take me up. After the Biopsy tomorrow, we'll find out what all the test results were that I am doing when I check in at the BMT Clinic on the 13th. After finding out the actual dates that we were talking about, Patty, the kids and I all got together for dinner last night (Wednesday) to talk about the logistics of 24/7 coverage for Patty while I am gone to Salt Lake. Then Patty talked with our two primary caregivers today (Cora and Patricia) and it looks like with a huge amount of help and dedication by everyone, we are going to be able to make it work. That's not to say that there won't be some challenges come up from time to time. I'm sure that the basic schedule will work most of the time, but guarantee that it will have to be adjusted as time goes on to accomodate changes and issues that will come up. As the plan stands right now, I think that Amanda is going to drive up with me on the 12th and then we'll fly her home the evening of the 14th. If the inpatient stay goes about what it should, Matt will likely fly up around Halloween weekend to help me get moved to a close hotel/motel that I will call home for another 3-4 weeks or whenever the BMT kicks me loose to go back to Dr. Te. It will probably be close whether I spend my birthday in Salt Lake or not. I hope that things go well enough that me and my hepa filter mask can make the journey back home to be with the family for my birthday and for Thanksgiving the following week. I am not looking forward to the process, but I am looking forward to getting through these procedures and getting back to a better place with better numbers. I hope that everyone is enjoying the start of fall, we here in vegas are looking forward to it cooling down a little bit, but I don't want to wish a lot of cold and storm on people that live in other places and climates. everyone be safe and well, until next time.