Yesterday was our first day we checked into the Huntsman to get started on Steve's Bio chemo. It was an exhausting day!!! The night before neither of us got much sleep anticipating what we were going to be facing the next day. We met with doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physical therapist, nutritionists, and many more people. Steve got his PIC line placed which turned out to be a bit more difficult than they had planned. Because he was so nervous, his veins shrunk right up and mad it difficult for them to do. It took two tries but they finally got it in. He got all the pre meds and blood draws done. We had to wait for all the test to come back before they could get started. It was taking longer than we had hoped. They finally came in and told us that they weren't going to be able to start him today because his platelet count was to low. His last labs that were done he had perfect counts but for some reason they had dropped and they had to investigate further to find the cause.
This morning Steve had to have a bone biopsy. That wasn't a fun test for him. They had to go into his pelvis and take a 3 inch piece of his bone out. They sent it out for a biopsy, so now we wait. They have put a rush on it so we are hoping to hear by tomorrow morning. If everything comes back okay then we will start in the morning with his bio chemo. Now if we start tomorrow we wont be home till Sunday. Steve is not the best patient, but he is learning patience. There is a lot we are learning right now, the both of us.
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