Day +16

It's hard to believe we have been in Houston almost two months. We miss you all back in Indianapolis and look forward to our return in the late summer. After the hot and humid summer here, we will welcome the fall of Indiana. It is almost 100 degrees F here every day.
Luckily we are not outdoors much and have a nice air conditioned apartment.
Hopefully we will get to enjoy it more as the weeks go on. To date we are spending most of our days at the Ambulatory Treatment Center at M.D.Anderson.

Bill is feeling very nauseous today. We had an appointment at the hospital at 9:00a.m....which meant leaving the apt. at 8:15a.m. since it is about a three quarter hour drive to the hospital, in traffic. First he had his blood taken and we went from there to the A.T.C. where he got I.V. fluids and magnesium. He also needed a Neupogen shot as his white blood count had gone down a little from yesterday. He did not require blood or platelets today. The infusion took 4 hours, which made for a shorter day than yesterday. We got home by 4:30p.m and both took a nap. I think we'd better get used to the long days at the A.T.C. From speaking with the nurses, it appears we will be there the best part of each day for the upcoming weeks. It is a small price to pay for Bill's health.

Luckily there were soccer matches on T.V. so that kept him entertained as he had the infusion. I started reading I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb and that kept me busy. I just finished A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. It was so good it was hard to see it end. The good thing about having to sit around hospitals is that you can catch up on your reading.

Thank you all again for your prayers and all your nice messages. It means so much to us having you all there cheering Bill on.