Last Friday at 8:30 AM I met with Dr. Doty for my scheduled checkup. Lab reports were good (where we needed them before I could start the next round of chemo that was scheduled for the today). He suggested I go back to Seton that morning and start early.
I dropped everything and checked in by 9:30 and had the first bag of Rituxan hooked up to my chest before noon. That was finished by 4 PM and I started Zofran, Mesna and Cytoxan by 5 PM. I was well on my way with the second round of Rituxan + Hyper CVAD before I even had office things and clothes for the 5-day stay!
I will finish Wednesday about 6 PM and get two days in the office this week that I had not expected. We will try to schedule PET/CAT scans for next Wednesday and a meeting with Dr. LeMaistre in San Antonio for the following Friday 10/19. If we can get all our ducks in a row we hope to start the lease on the San Antonio apartment 10/26 and be ready to infuse Ann's stem cells on 10/31. That will make the week of 10/29 my "sick week" and, hopefully, I will be on a track for recovery the following week. Maybe I can be home for Christmas! Of course all of this depends on getting my ducks in a row (tests, good labs, coordinating with Ann, etc.).
Things are going well! Please keep sending up the prayers. He is listening.
RICK
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Mom (Ruth) and I are praying for everything to go well. Mom has been giving me regular updates on you and we are both hoping and praying that all will be well for the transplant!
Good Luck. Julie
Rick:
Thanks for the postings, it helps us on "the outside." Sounds like a raincheck may be in order for SSP November golf, so you are going to owe all us some more strokes. Take care, friend. Good thoughts and prayers headed your way.
Ross
You're doing great Rick! Keep fighting. There isn't a day that goes by that Peegy and I don't think about you and the other Kilmers.
Thank God for Ann's match. The power of prayer is behind you.
Bud
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