September 5th 2007

The phlebotomist again.. 4AM... oh man... I never get to sleep in! TV this early is pretty lame... Dr Ellis arrives pretty early today... he is thinking he may let me go home! As soon as he leaves I order breakfast. Then the man arrives with my wheelchair.. it's time to get heated up again.. RADIATION!! As we are going over I call JR on my cell phone and tell him I may get to go home.

When we get back to my room breakfast is waiting... and so is Dr Rasque... she wants to check me out.. I guess Dr Ellis called her and told her he wants me to go home! She examines me and I get teary eyed... I do this every time I see her... she saved my life... she always shrugs it off when I say that but she's the one who cauterized the artery and got me to stop bleeding... I don't think she's had many people say that to her...

I finally get to eat breakfast and soon JR arrives... then the nurse comes in with all my "AT HOME" instructions and discharge papers.. There is a lot to pack up... I've been her for a while and have received several bouquets of flowers... some books, friends have brought magazines... along with my laptop and extra stuff... so this is going to take a couple of trips to the car!

After 3 trips to the Explorer JR is ready to take me down... I put back on my black lounge pants and t-shirt... What I wore before coming in here and the pants are so big I have to cinch them up!! I feel like I've lost at least 10+ lbs... Not the weight loss plan I was looking for.......

When we get home... Pepper is there to great me. I forgot that her fur is so soft! She gets up on the bed with me and won't leave my side... little nursemaid!!

JR asks if I'm hungry for lunch.. "NO"!! It's time to sleep! I wake up and it's DARK... wow... can't believe I slept so long! It's dinner time and JR asks what I want and even though I'm not too hungry I figure some soup would be good.. I have a bunch of medicine I'm supposed to take so I need something in my stomach!

We have cable to there are a lot more channels to surf thru... JR brings some more meds for me to take. I am taking 12+ Imodium pills a day to try and keep the diarrhea at a minimum and they only work marginally. The gas is so bad I am glad I'm on pain pills and patches... it feels weird to be at home... I ask JR to get me some crushed ice.. THANK GOODNESS our frig has a crushed ice option.. I sit on the ice and pack my pelvis.. it's very hot and I know I have to be at the Hulston Center at 7:30am for my treatment in the AM...