She was an American Girl

Let me start this post by saying, once again, how glad I am that I don't have a daughter and have to deal with all this American Girl crap. There is a HUGE American Girl store here on Michigan Ave, and it seems like some kind of Mecca that these girls flock to. You see them everywhere, with their little dolls and their matching outfits. It's weird. And expensive.

The second big thing on my mind right now is the heat. The apartment will work out fine. It's close to the hospital, close to shops/restaurants, has a kitchen, etc. One thing it doesn't have is a thermostat in the room. Or air conditioning. I've been getting increasingly worried about the lack of A/C, knowing that it couldn't possibly stay just 50-some degrees and rainy the entire time...and I was right. Today? 86. I've been waiting ALL DAY (it's now exactly 3:23pm) for the A/C man to come put a window until in the apartment. He just left, and I'll let you guess where I'm sitting as I type this.

Monkey is cooling off, too

All of my appointment are done for the week. I have had blood drawn (twice), toured the blood center, had an EKG, chest x-ray, brain and cervical spine MRIs, echo, pulmonary function test, been seen by the study neurologist, an infectious disease doctor, and then finally my study doctor. Everything is all set now for Monday morning, I'm every pre-registered for my hospital admission. Monday morning I'll get checked in, admitted to the Prentice Women's Hospital at Northwestern, they'll access my port, put in a foley, give me lots of fluids and my first chemo. I'll stay overnight and get discharged Tuesday.

This is the building I'll be in when I am an inpatient

I suddenly felt like I was at the DMV

Inverted T waves, but otherwise a nice, normal EKG

I've been missing Todd and Mason so much! I haven't ever been away this long before and it is not fun. I think the worst part is knowing that in June it will be for so much longer! I hope the mobilization chemo doesn't make me feel too awful and that I'm able to go and have fun with Mason and Todd, but I know I'll be happy to see them either way. I've been able to either FaceTime or Skype with them every night, which has been so nice. On past trips we just talked on the phone the "old fashioned" way. I even have my mom hooked up with Skype so I can talk to Mason when he is there. 

By far the best part of my day!

Just three more sleeps now until my boys are here!!!!