Curt's Great Adventure

We came to HCH this morning at 10:00 A.M. to start Chemo. So much to learn! I will be giving Curt a shot every night for the duration of the treatment. Maybe as long as a year. They gave him a little back pack with two different drug packs and it runs through a pump. So for the next four days, 24 hours a day he will be carrying his new friend (backpack) with him. He is slowly getting used to it. It will be interesting to see how he does at night.

At 2:00P.M. We came for an information/class. We first saw Patrick who is the physical therapy specialist. He told us about exercising and the facilities that Huntsman has. They even have acupuncture, massage, exercise classes, etc. Then we saw dietician who told us all the foods that Curt can and cannot have.

The social worker came in next to give us information on coping and groups to go to. Yuck! Then an RN came in to talk to us about the whole process of the chemo, retrieval of stem cells, when Curt would feel good and when he wouldn't. This could be a long process. He actually will go through 2 transplants. When I know more about the process I will write it all down. Right now I am on circut overload! Curt is being very positive and up about the whole thing so we are just going with the flow. Everyone we have talked to says that Curt is a very good candidate for this type of treatment. Thats good news so off we go!