Radiation & Chemo schedule

Hello Everyone,

We are back in Texas and we had a GREAT trip. It was the perfect vacation. The kids went parasailing, yes parasailing, it was the highlight of their trip. They also went snorkeling twice, did some shopping and had some great dinners by the ocean. Jennifer paced herself well and kept up. She slept well at night and was READY for the next day.

It’s good to be home but it looks like things are going to move fast in the next week. We went to Houston today and confirmed that I’m going to be the donor and Jennifer and I went through a lot of tests.

Here’s the plan (as of today).
Saturday, I start the shoots for the Stem Cell Transplant.
Sunday night, we travel to Houston.
Monday, Jennifer sees the radiation doctor to see if she can withstand a round of radiation treatment. If so, she will get her central line put in on Tuesday and start Wednesday with 1 day of radiation and then 4 days of chemo. If she can’t do radiation then they are going to give 2 rounds of heavy chemo and 4 more regular chemo treatments. Then 1 day rest and then she gets the stem cells.

It looks like 4 weeks in the hospital and 4 to 8 weeks after that in Houston. (Mary is packing!)

I will keep you posted and I will be added some pictures of the trip later.

Thanks for all your prayers
Tim

note: the above entry is a copy originally posted on our ‘Caring Bridge’ website.