Day One and Day Two --- Day -11 & Day -10 to Transplant

Day # 1, Day -11

After a long wait in Pre Surgery to get Jack's central line. We finally got moved upstairs to the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) floor 3 Central. Denny and Dr. Bunin were waiting for us. Denny is going to be Jack's primary nurse and not to mention his new buddy. Dr. Bunin briefly examined Jack and talked about what was going to go on over the next few days. Denny then took us on a tour of the unit. He explained all the do's and the don'ts and told us we would be moving to a bigger room tomorrow (Room 3C14). He went over the road map of Jack's treatment and explained all the lingo. A lot of stuff to remember.

Day Two, Day -10

They started Jack on some medications to ease the affects of the chemo: Dilantin to prevent seizures, and an anti - nausea medication. Chemo was started promptly at 2:00am. Jack slept right through. So its been 24 hours of his first day of Chemo and he went through it with flying colors. Of course Jack has won over everyone in the unit and is being such a trooper. Thankfully he still has an appetite and is requesting all his favorite foods, but the unfortunate thing is he can't have his pickles. He is on a low bacteria diet and he is unable to have any fruits and vegtables with thin skins, so pickles are out.....we're dealing with it. Hey not for anything, if this is the only issue we have to deal with then we will surely be blessed.

Roy or I will continue to blog as much as possible right now is a good time since Jack is not feeling any of the affects of the chemo, next week will be a different story when the intense chemo is started.

Thank you all for your constant thoughts and prayers.