Chemo begins Tuesday

After a week of no phone calls from Northwestern, Friday I received 4 calls.  The first was to confirm our appointment on Tuesday.  Donny will be getting his first round of chemo on Tuesday.  The second was from  Dr. P.'s assistant, Emily.  Donny will need an EKG (heart test) before he can start chemo.  I asked Emily if Donny can get the EKG on Tuesday before the chemo so he doesn't have to take two days of work off.  I also asked if they had received the correct bone marrow sample this time.  Emily said she would double check both things and call me back.

The third call I received was from the fertility clinic.  We are all set in that department and have fully ensured that we will be able to have a family of our own when the time comes (God willing...).  Just a quick side note here: Babies are one of life's greatest miracles.  It is truly amazing that anyone can get pregnant.  Read about it...there are a lot of details I don't really want to get into, but all the right pieces have to be in place, and they pretty much have to be perfect.  It's kind of mind blowing actually.

The last call was from Emily again (Dr. P.'s assistant.)  She said that, yes, they have the bone marrow and yes, it's Donny's bone marrow this time.  She also said, yes, Donny can get the EKG done on Tuesday.  However, rather than Donny going to a different building on Tuesday morning to get the test done, Emily ordered the Mobile EKG Unit to come to Donny at his chemo appointment to have it done.  The mobile EKG will be administered with the doctor right there to read.  So there is no wait time for the results to be read.  Once again, Northwestern is amazing.  So at 1:30pm on Tuesday, Donny will get "labs" done and then the chemo begins around 2:15pm.  We have a bunch of movies ready and are bringing my laptop so we'll have entertainment the whole time.  Mrs. Gelsomino is also going to be there so there will always be someone with Donny if one of us has to go to the bathroom or go for a walk, which is nice.  The session is approximately 4 hours so it will be a long day for all of us.  I just hope that Donny isn't too sick afterwards.  We'll just have to take this one step at a time until we know how he fairs...