Ignorance is bliss??

Woody's thinking is that the less he knows...the better. So he hasn't asked a lot of questions or read a lot about what is about to happen to him. He was really surprised this morning as to how involved getting the line put in would be. Probably just as well that he didn't know! He was put part-way to sleep...he had to be able to respond to them to do things like hold his breath when he was told. He had had a PIC line put in at Vanderbilt...so he figured that it would be a lot the same. Well...when he got back back into his room, he said: : "That was quite a procedure." He was given lessons in holding his breath prior to the procedure...because...if he didn't do it correctly it would cut off circulation to his lungs and that would be a medical emergency. He said that he didn't have to hold it very long. They took him to have the line put in at 9am and he didn't come out till 10:30am. I read a book that I borrowed from the Safra Lodge (where I'm staying) library. I'm enjoying it.

"Tonight" (guess really in the morning!) at 1am they will start running lots of fluids through him via IV. They have to hydrate him prior to him starting the chemo. Whether chemo starts tomorrow, as planned, will depend on whether the cell growth is where it should be at the point when they check them in the morning. They have to be at a point in growth that their growth will be at the right place next week when they start putting them back into him. The earliest that chemo will start is noon tomorrow.

He has taken advantage of a good appetite today and enjoyed choosing from the menu...probably lunch tomorrow will be the last time for a while that he will have much appetite.

Tonight's picture is a view from Woody's hospital room. It is the Children's Inn.

Rough road ahead!