Last Day in the Hospital

I should get out of here tomorrow morning about 9:30. I am ready. Fortunately, I can leave the room and the hospital wing. Lynda and I had dinner at the Rotary House (hotel attached to the MD main building) restaurant Thursday night. I haven't been up to much walking today, though.

The chemo seems to already have had some effect on the nodes. That's good news. I've had half of the doses of the third drug. By Monday morning the nodes should be back down if past history holds true. Hopefully, I haven't jinxed it here.

If the chemo is effective, we'll try the transplant in a month. My concern for the donor's schedule is that she is available and well. Personally, I'll be taking few chances the next few weeks - no crowds and always wearing a mask. The window of opportunity after this round of chemo is not very wide, so any delay on the donor's end, or my end, would be a problem. I don't know how many more of these chemo rounds my body can bounce back from. The blood counts are already going down which is about a week earlier than previous rounds. I'm sure I'll have blood and platelet transfusions soon to get the red counts up. So I'll be seeing a lot of my friends at GCS (Georgia Cancer Specialists) the next two or three weeks.

Just watched Tech squeak by Miami. You never know which Tech team, and head coach, will show up. And how about those Deacs beating FSU Thursday night? Go Deacs - I'm rooting for you here, Charlie.

Georgia should handle Vandy easily tonight. Arkansas will upset Auburn tonight. And I'd like to say the same for Kentucky vs. LSU, but I won't go that far out on a limb - LSU in that one.

Did you watch the Hawaii game last night? Hawaii was down 14 points with 5 minutes left to go and won the game. I wish Chan Gailey would watch that tape. If he knew what June Jones (Hawaii coach and former Falcons backup) knows, we wouldn't have lost to Virginia or Maryland. No imagination most of the time for Chan, although the bootleg touchdowns by our quarterback not just once, but twice, today was a pleasant surprise.