BMT time

Met with BMT doctor today. Dale begins the process on Friday. Five days of chemotherapy that was described as pretty tough. Usual complications include, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and headaches. Sounds familiar. Next, the transplant process begins. Dale's harvested stem cells are introduced to his system at that time and all will be well...he will stay at Huntsman for three-four weeks depending on how well he does.  After that, Dale will come home and I will need to stay home. The critical part includes potential infections, extreme blood level and temperature changes, and overall disruption in health condition. I know we could get neighbors to assist in staying with him while I go to work, however, the fewer germs brought home by me and by a variety of people helping out, the better he will be able to begin building his system. During that time, we will continue to have blood lab trips to Huntsman. Perhaps those could be done at the Huntsman Cancer center by us that opens next month. That would be nice.