Tuesday and Wednesday

We made it back to Seattle without any travel issues (Tuesday, late afternoon) ..., clear roads and not too much traffic, so all was nice and smooth all the way to the apartment. 

It was hard to leave home again, but we were rewarded with a visit from my mom and dad.  They were on their way home from after attending my nephews wedding and decided to stop it in and see us here at the apartment.  We had dinner together and a nice visit.  It was good to see them and to feel of their love and concern - a great way to help the rest of the week slide by.

Wednesday began with a blood draw and a clinic visit.  The visit with the doctors was somewhat normal, they say things are going well, and transplant is on schedule.  3 more meds were started (nothing really new, just some he hasn't been taking for awhile and needs to start up again).   Then the dreaded bone marrow biopsy.  REALLY!  It has apparently been too long since they did the first one when we arrived and they have to have a more current baseline for transplant.  OH BOTHER! 

Well, that went well, except that one side required a second drill for the piece of bone they have to take out.   The lady that performed the biopsy told us that she tried to talk the doctors out of having to do this biopsy since it was only five weeks since the last one.  Then she tried to talk them into just doing one side, but ..., well, the doctors couldn't be talked out of it.   Both sides ..., again!

So, that was done, and we headed back to the apartment.  A few minutes later we had our second set of guests at this apartment.  Tawnee and Michael came and then we went out for lunch.  We enjoyed their company and then we went our separate ways.  Oh, but they are sneaky - we got up from our meal and Terry took the check/bill up to the counter to pay and Michael had already given them his card, so lunch was on them, not us.  You have to watch out for him!  He's a good guy!

This is a great week - in two days we will have two more visitors and then head home again.  Brandon and Megan are coming, and then we will all head to Royal for one last weekend before transplant.  Surely it will be a lovely weekend.

Only two more days here!  ;)

I apologize for not getting photos of our guests, but I did have my camera when we walked to clinic this morning, so this is what you get for photos today.

These flowers are still so pretty.  We get to see them on our walk every day.

Here is one of the hills we climb every walk to the clinic. I was talking with Terry about how steep it felt and when we got to the top he told me to look down the line of the bottom of the brick on this first building ... it's the level that we are standing on at the top of the corner.  Then follow it to the end of the building and it's above the roof of the next building about half way down the block.   It just keeps going down and down.  Up is hard, down is tricky. 

We are back at the apartment resting now, with a new day ahead!  Hope you are having a good one!