Another Day, Another Doctor Friday 1/27/12

Hi loyal followers,
Yes, we left the hospital last night.  Arrived home at 10:30 pm, chatted with Greg, had a snack, unpacked all our bags and SLEPT IN OUR OWN BEDS!!!  No rest for the weary, up and out by 8:30 am, another doctor appointment today in New Brunswick, NJ, at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  As much as I would like to take one day at a time, there are options to consider and decisions to be made.  Sarah's oncologist at Overlook Hospital wanted us to see his colleague at the Cancer Institute to discuss the "consolidation" phase of her treatment.  After completing her current protocol, Sarah will need a "stem cell transplant", which is a fancy way of saying that she will need a blood transfusion, using her own white blood cells which have been "collected" and frozen.  The collection of course has to be done sooner rather than later, so needless to say, after repeating our story to a new audience of doctors and nurses, Sarah had to have more blood drawn, and no it could not be done through her port.  There were tears from both of us, one of us almost fainted and needed orange juice(not the one having her blood drawn), the nurses were all very understanding.  Through all this, Zen was trying to find out where certain test results and slides were.  Never a dull moment.  By 2 pm we were done, along with being tired, cranky, and starving.  Really needed some food and fun to brighten our day.
Short Hills Mall sounded like just the place go.  Cheesecake Factory for food,  the rest of the Mall for fun.
While Zen went to the Apple and ATT Stores to simplify our technology accounts, Sarah and I hit the Clinique makeup counter at Nordstrom's.  The make-up artist was great, she gave Sarah a make-over and suggested some really great products for her skin, she even made me look a little less haggard!  The evening ended with a visit from some dear friends.  All in all it turned out to be a pretty great day, the only thing that would have made it better was having Greg with us, but alas he was off visiting friends in Connecticut.

Good night all.

A little retail therapy!

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