Jan 3- Early Day

"Just the Facts"-- New Milestone, 3rd bone marrow aspiration and biopsy in 10 months. Thank goodness for pain medication.  Slept the rest of the day to get some sense back.

So, so thankful to Greta for her kind face and encouraging words while going through this procedure.  It is always helpful finding a familiar face, so that you don't feel so alone, while going through something difficult or stressful.  Nice, how those special blessings show up when you need it.  B was emotional and silly when I got him today, it almost scared me, but he was saying just how really nice they had taken care of him and it blessed him to his core.  See, he was fragile today, and all the caregivers were so kind and gentle to him.  This is not the first time we have encountered this and it blesses us each time we run into it.  So I am thinking that kindness is a universal language, and maybe we should all excercise it more, even if we don't know the other person is fragile today.  Well, that is what I think.

B has been trying to wrap up a series of pre-transplant testing.  We have been pushing to get them all done through the holidays, and it has proven no small feat.  The first and most sad news was that B's Doctor, the one he has been seeing all this time and had diagnosed him, had a massive heart attack and died the week of Christmas.  We have been so sad for his family, to have their husband/dad die so close to family gathering time.  He was an excellent doctor and took such good care of B as I am sure he did with all his patients.  Thishas caused some upset in the doctors office to see how to get everything covered.  We are on a time clock and it all must be done before we begin the transplant process.  So we still have 2 more tests to complete, one tomorrow, and one following that takes place over a 24 hour period. There are all kinds of test, I think medical ones may be the scariest.  Anyhow all in all for a guy that had never been to a hospital before , B is fairing pretty well under the circustances and is looking to the next big step in a few weeks time.
Until next time,
Hopefull Believer