Today is May 5th or Cinco de Mayo. It was a full day for us in which we again were at the Blood Donor office to conduct the stem cell harvesting. We still haven't reached the 8 million which they want to collect, yesterday they collected roughly 3.2 million and today approx 2.4 million so hopefully after tomorrow they will have collected the needed 8 million stem cells to proceed into the high dose chemo portion of the treatment. After the stem cell harvesting we came back to the room and I fell asleep for 2 hours and it gave Jamie an opportunity to run a couple of errands. The Hope Lodge sponsored a fiesta dinner tonight which we attended and it was very good with tacos, salad, fruit, and cake.
The above pictured dog is our Roy. Barb and Dave Hamarich and their family are graciously fostering him for us while we go through this process. As can be seen by the picture Roy pees in our yard and thus kills the grass. You may wonder where dogs eliminate in New York City, WELL... It seems to be more prevalent to see canines on the affluent Upper East Side near the hospital. A lot of the dogs are small dogs which have almost taken on human characteristics to their owners. We saw two dogs today with coats on them today, one had a rain coat on being that it was raining today, and another had a fighter pilot jacket on, very similar to the one which Tom Cruise wore as Maverick in Top Gun. As we were walking along we couldn't help but notice the German Shepard in the middle of 68th Street taking a great big dump and his owner right behind him with bag in hand ready to scoop it up when fighto was done. We wonder, do these "city dogs" ever get to experience what it is like to run in the grass and choose where to go potty. Jamie and I are always careful to walk through puddles on the streets because you don't know if it is rain water, or dog pee. The buildings aren't being worn down by the Mother Nature and elements but rather due to the fact that every building gets pee'd on at least twice by every dog that walks by it.
Anyway, no more on the dog issue. Hope for at least 3 million stem cells tomorrow to get us over the hump. Good Night and sleep tight.
What, in the name of all that is holy, do you feed that dog that makes its pee kill the grass? Please give me the recipe so I can feed it to my dog. That way I won't have to mow the backyard anymore. I'm not sure Jewett will make the 5 hour round trip to mow my lawn.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the 3 million stem cells tomorrow. Squeeze them out.