Back in the Hospital

Well, I'm back in the hospital! We checked in at 12:30pm today, and I'll be here for an unknown amount of time. Most likely a month. Maybe a scosh more. Maybe a scosh less. We checked in downstairs of A building at Medical City, and THIS is what we saw in the lobby while we were waiting...

 It's kind of small and difficult to see here...

 So here's a better photo. Now I know what you're thinking... Why is that man on the phone? Who is he talking to? Where can I get a coat like that? What's up with the stache/beard combo? No just kidding. Some of you MAY have been thinking that, but most of you probably had this reaction... Is that a BIRD?!?! Why yes. It is. A sparrow, in fact. In the hospital atrium.

 Just another day at Medical City. Oh and I named him Edward. Edwardo if you're feeling spicy. ;)

After all the sparrow excitement, I got up to my room (on the 11th FLOOR. super high up and super views!) and got all settled in. Then, they came by and put in a picc line today for my chemo treatments and other assorted purposes, so that was interesting. They just did it bedside. No big deal. There was some numbing shots and all that good stuff, but it was still a little uncomfortable. It looks like this...

Pretty shweet. It's sore, but not so bad. Chemo starts tomorrow morning. Yippee!! :/ But I guess the sooner I start, the sooner I'm done, right? Chemo will go for 6 days, and then I'll have a day of rest before they put my stem cells back in. After that... it's all a waiting game. Wait until the stem cells seed and grow. Wait until my counts come back up. Wait out any infections. The week after chemo will be the hardest and most dangerous time. All of my blood cells (white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets) will literally be wiped out due to the chemo (and they mean to do this... can you believe that? :P), so I will be REALLY vulnerable to infection. So please keep me in your thoughts and prayers during that time because any little thing could turn into a really terrible problem. Seeing as chemo starts tomorrow, I probably won't feel up to updating too much. However, I will have my mom or dad get on here and drop some updates so you can all know how I am doing during that time.

As always, thanks for reading! You have no idea how much it means to me :)