We have a plan

Ok, here is the latest plan. Hopefully this will be the one that sticks. Monday July 22nd George will check into the hospital and have a CT scan done on his lungs, stomach and heart. While he is under they will go ahead and place his port which will be in the center of his chest. He will not have to sleep over that night. This will be an outpatient procedure. He will be able to continue taking his medicine (Neupegen) through Thursday the 25th. On Friday the 26th  he will check into the hospital for  the long haul. He will then receive his  PIC line. He will begin chemo on Sunday the 28th. He will have daily “intensive” chemo therapy for the next 10 days. On August 5th Kate checks in and gets her marrow harvested. George will receive her marrow on the 6th. Kate will be able to check out of the hospital that day. August 6th will be George’s new “birthday”. Not really, we will always celebrate on his actual birthday which is April 7th but this will be the day his new life begins so it will also be a very special day. So as confusing as the past month has been with all the changing information and dates, I think this one is gonna be the final plan. .  All is well. All is good. This is God’s timing and His timing is always the best timing.




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