Day 3

Andy slept well last night.  We were both a little concerned that he now has a tube in one of his neck veins with three lines dangling from it.  He can't sleep on his right side or his stomach, and he snores on his back.  He was pretty sore as we were going to bed and was trying to find a comfortable position to lay.  And he did!  

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful - Eleanor had Solo and Ensemble, which was held at New Berlin West, so both Andy and I got to go watch her play.  She did great and even earned a '1'! on her solo! 

We decided to take both kids to our appointment this evening.  We wanted to show them where we would be spending much of our upcoming time and given that it was a weekend, we assumed it would be relatively quiet on campus.  

They were both pretty amazed at the size and magnitude of the campus!  We got to even impress them with demonstrating that we knew exactly where we were going (OK, so we impressed ourselves with that too!)

When we got to the Cancer Center, we were the only ones there!  And two nurses were waiting for us - including Gina!  Our nurse from Thursday!  Last time we saw Gina assured she assured me that when I bring Andy in for his daily treatments after his infusion, I absolutely must take some of that time for myself.  Run some errands, get a massage.  She promised me that while he was in that center, he was receiving the best care possible.  Well...I'm still not really sure I plan on leaving his side ;-)  BUT...I told her we could do a test run today and I staid with the kids, while Andy went in back for his Neupogen injections #3 or 7,8, 9.  These are Andy's first injections he has received since his original diagnosis that I have not been next to his side 😕

I showed Oliver all the Solar movers and then we found Scrabble.  Eleanor brought a pencil sharpener for us and spent time sharpening all the colored pencils!  

Andy's injections went very fast.  And then - because we were the only people in the Cancer Center, Gina took the kids in back to show them where dad would be spending his days.  She showed them the rooms and explained what she would be doing to take care of him while he was there.  She talked about what he might get (blood, magnesium, etc), she showed were his chemo would be mixed and was LEGIT disappointed she couldn't show them the robot arm that mixed the chemo.  She told them Andy might need to get admitted to the hospital if he got a fever or an infection, but that's OK.  And they'd try to get him home as quickly as possible.  She showed them all the tubes where they collect blood to send to the labs.  

She was patient.  She was thorough.  She was compassionate.  I am SO thrilled we brought the kids with us.  They will picture dad.  In THAT hospital.  With THAT nurse.  Taking care of him.  Nothing scary about that.  

And then we left and took the kids to Mo's Irish Pub for dinner.  The very same place that Andy and I went on our very first date 13 years ago.  

Tomorrow - more injections to boost his WBC and a new injection to start mobilizing those cells for collection!