Habubrat's blog

We met with the Doc today - finally. He was in rare form and spent a lot of time with us. He too thought we were going home, and NO we are not, and you were away at a conference and then you whimped out on Tuesday during the ice storm, but WE made it in! I razzed him to no end. He took it like a good sport and then moved heaven and earth, (well his nurse Donna did) to get Dave started on the transplant process today…

Hi all! An update was requested. As many of you know, I journal daily on Dave's caring bridge site which is a link you can find on my profile page. So sometimes I forget to update you here! Anyway, we made medical history with the stem cell collection process which I posted earlier regarding Hyperbaric treatments. The total number they have collected is around 44 MIL, over 80 min total, in 2 day collection process…

Today we had our first of 2 days of stem cell collection. Their protocol requires a minimum of 2 days of collection. We are on Day 16 after our arrival and day 15 from start of chemo and stem cell collection preparation. Everything here in Little Rock is done outpatient from start to finish so it may sound a little different here and there, as Myeloma patients don't all get treated the same from place to place or even…

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…

Hey all! I have dinner guests this evening! WOWSA! So glad to have some company. Friends of mine that Dave lived with for 6 months and are now an hour away by car are coming for dinner and to hang out and see Dave before we leave for Little Rock. I've been lazing around of late, so have to straighten, shop, clean, etc., as I have not had visitors in quite some time. So I'm just wanting you all to know that is why…