For those of you who may not have been following Dave's Caring Bridge website, where I do most of my journaling (www.caringbridge.org/visit/davidpuente), I had a great 2,200 mile trek across the US from West Coast (N California) to Little Rock, Arkansas with my trusty yellow lab Kip. It was uneventful and wonderful and managed to visit with a couple of friends along the way. Our temporary digs are perfect and I snagged Dave at the airport on Saturday a couple hours after I arrived. We are at the Myeloma Institute now in Little Rock at the UAMS (University Arkansas Medical Sciences) Campus and have done our blood work and now are waiting to have the doctor consult and then off to interventional radiology clinic for installation of his port.
We are both doing GREAT and I thank you all for your continued well wishes and support. It always gives me a boost and in that, it helps Dave. Always good to make sure the caregiver's are in good shape! :) We don't want any Nurse Ratchet's from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest now do we? :)
Best, Lori
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Hello Lori, lovely to read your blog and know you all arrived safely for the next part of Dave's treatment. With such a lovely lady behind him I'm sure he will benefit greatly!
I'm so glad that you had a good trip, with the added bonus of visiting some friends along the way...it will no doubt have gien you a well deserved boost. Thinking of both you and Dave as well as Kip whilst you play the waiting game, i hope it's a short one and progression is a speedy one with as little trauma to both of you as possible.
Hi Lori and wow, what a trek you've had! It's such great news that you and Dave are both doing so well - long may it continue. We certainly DON'T want any Nurse Ratchet's in our camps - thank you very much! So, it is up to us, the cancer sufferers to make sure that our carers are given every appreciation, which I'm sure Dave shows you. I definitely make sure that my wingless angel of a husband and chief carer is given lots of love, kisses and cuddles as a show of my appreciation - well, it's hard work, but SOMEONE'S got to do it, lol Hold on tight, with love to you and Dave from kate xxxxxxxxx
great you are getting started in earnest; funnily enough Ken should be having his line OUT tomorrow, just as Dave's goes IN, so there is some synchronicity again! Hope it goes as well as Ken's (see myeloma forum).
Sounds like you are settled in and ready - you go girl!
