We picked blackberries and visited for the morning, and after lunch Thomas and Dana went to Pike Market and we watched Auger. Our pleasure! :) Oh! We got over a gallon of berries.

We sent a few things home, but not as much as we had originally thought. We'll need some of it still. After Thomas and Dana left I started rearranging some of the boxes I have packed, still not sure what to do, I'll remain boxed until I need what is in the box.
I think we've kept so busy this week getting prepared for our release, that we welcome the rest we'll have between appointments next week. They start tomorrow with a trip to U of Wa Medical Center for x-rays and back to the clinic for blood draw.

Day 84

Blood draw at 7:30 this morning went well.

We then went to the bone marrow biopsy and that went well too. Terry has had the right side poked so much that it was pretty painful this time. The nurse said it gets harder each time. The left side was not as painful, but they did have to go in twice for the bone biopsy to be large enough. Happy to be done with that for a year. As the day has gone on, Terry has felt more discomfort on the left side - strange huh!

We got a call from Rachel (our primary provider) informing us of the results of yesterday's scan. The lymph nodes look great - borderline normal. We are happy for that.

But, there is a catch - they found a mass on the adrenal glands and need to know for sure what it is, so we have added an MRI to our Friday schedule.

The liver is acting up some, and they are going to blame it on the Bactrim he has to take. He will stop taking Bactrim and start on Dapsone in it's place to see if that helps.

We also had to add a class to our schedule today, so we got our Long Term Follow Up class today at 1:30, after coming home for lunch and a rest. It was a bit tricky for Terry to sit in those chairs just after having the bone marrow procedure, but he managed well and we learned good things.

We were also rewarded on our way home. We saw some blackberries that we pass by everyday, decided to take a detour and picked a few. We needed to put the berries in something, so we dumped out our medicines (into my shoulder bag) and used that small paper bag to hold the berries. We picked enough to make a pie. It was fun, but we think we just disregarded one rule we just heard for the umpteenth time - stay away from plants and dirt. :) Terry tried to keep a good distance, but he did help pick them.

We will let him rest now, until appointments start again tomorrow at 9:00. Maybe he can enjoy some yummy pie tonight, but I'll have to stop here and hurry to get that done.