Today and Tomorrow

Today we went in to have a port inserted. It went well and John ran errands on his own this afternoon. Tomorrow at 1PM he will undergo his first chemo session.

I spent time researching a doctor that would be qualified to perform surgery in August. I spoke with several people at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale and learned that there are two doctors there that could do the job. Dr. Louis Lenza and Dr. Dawn Jaroszowski. Dr. Dawn in qualified to do this surgery by non-invasive procedures. Both are available on August 14th, which is the projected date. The only way to contact the doctors directly was to have John's oncologist make the first call. Dr. Shalaby (John's oncologist) is leaving for Egypt tomorrow and will not return for three weeks. When I spoke with him and told him the situation, he called Mayo and called me back to tell me that Mayo should be calling me directly. We don't know all the details yet but, if non-invasive is available, that is definately the way we want to go.

Tomorrow while the treatment is going on, I will sign papers that will release John's records to Mayo in Scottsdale. There are location options but, it is easy to get to Arizonia from here and we have a good support system there.

If I repeat myself sometimes, please forgive me. My brain is not at it's best these days.

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