Day 2

The day started out by going to the cardiac clinic/heart center where Dad had his treadmill stress test. His stress was greatly reduced in the waiting room. Sitting close to us was a large man drinking a cup of coffee. Shortly, he grabbed a small white sack and pulled out a very large glazed donut covered with chocolate frosting. As he proceeded to eat it....in the lobby of the cardiac clinic, mind you, Dad and I sat in our chairs and stared straight ahead because we didn't DARE to look at each other. When I finally did look over, Dad had a big smile on his face, but was still looking straight ahead. So I lost it & started laughing. Dad tried real hard to not get the giggles, but finally succumbed. Oh, it was great entertainment! I mean really - I don't want to judge anyone that's going through procedures here at the med center - but a greasy frosted donut in the heart center.....damn! So the bottom line today is that all the consent forms were signed and Dad was given the final go ahead to be on track for the stem cell transplant....so he is one happy camper...as we all are! So he has tomorrow off and then on Thursday they start the neupogen shots to start the stem cells moving into the bloodstream. Those shots will be daily until the harvesting begins...and that is on Monday. So we're on schedule and Dad's rarin' to go! We took a nice walk today outside and that was nice to get some fresh air. I took a picture of the transplant center today, but I'm too tired tonight to figure out how to download it onto this laptop. Hopefully I'll be able to figure it out tomorrow morning sometime and can post the picture then.