A Lolla of a Weekend

Getting to Northwestern Memorial can be challenging as far as traffic is concerned.  As if rush hour and summer holiday weekends aren't bad enough, Steve has managed to be in the hospital for Taste of Chicago, the Blackhawks victory parade (2 million??) and now Lollapalooza!  Have to give some big credit to the City of Chicago and the CPD for keeping our path clear.

Steve is half-way through his conditioning chemo and is doing really well today.  His Mom and sister visited, as did Megan, boyfriend Matt, and Kevin.  Molly and I took dinner duty, and brought him home cooked "Salsa Chicken" and squash.  He walked 20 minutes this morning and did another 20 minutes of cycling in the lounge.  He ate a great dinner and slept well last night.  The nurses are managing his care exceptionally well, and do their best to let him sleep, undisturbed, through the night unless they need vitals, etc.

Today they posted a chart on his door that will track his lab results from where they are now, through his (down trend) nadiring, then back up as Mary's cells engraft.  We love charts!

If you visit or phone, you may notice that the quality of your visit depends on where he is with his Klonopin dosage, it has quite a narcotic effect.  2 days down, 2 to go, then 2 days of rest...getting closer!