Day 1 of 2 Done.

Our first of two days in the Burlington area is over and it went fairly smoothly. The ride here was nice (we're still here). By traveling back and forth so often, I have discovered a new and more scenic route to get to Essex from Cambridge, bypassing the small and tedious towns in between and replacing them with green pastures, and freshly turned over corn fields. Of course the smell of traffic is also replaced by the smell of manure but I'll take that trade any day.

We arrived at Fletcher Allen promptly at 9:30 and just as promptly wondered why we had bothered to get there on time. We didn't see our first doctor until 12:30 and didn't get our first procedure until 1pm. Of course, during this time Katie was hungry and thirsty. She had not been allowed to eat or drink since midnight the night before.

After we got going, things went smoothly and quickly. The LP and bone marrow extraction went smoothly and she woke up from her anesthesia quickly and happily. She then ate a sandwich and some macaroni and cheese while she got her last dose of chemotherapy and then we were out of there and off to spend the evening with Grandpa Art and Grandma Kathy. We were done by 3pm.

We made a quick stop on Church street to do a little shopping for mother's day and now we a hanging out, waiting for the hamburgers and hot dogs to be brought in off the grill. After dinner, we will be headed right to bed because tomorrow morning will start off with an 8:30 appointment for a shot, an hour of monitoring and then we're done. I'll be looking forward to a scenic trip back home.