Hurry-Up and Wait

After Seattle, Michael's doctors put him on a second chemo regiment and told him to get some exercise and sunshine. Anchorage in early spring is OK for exercise but not sunshine. Storms roll in from the northwest on a frequent basis. Sunshine, when found, last only a few hours and is, at best, anemic.
Solution, head home to Georgia for a month of visiting with friends, camping in the Smokies, a road trip to North Carolina, some work, Sue's cooking and sunshine in abundance. We are having another hot and dry spring.
Back in Anchorage for more blood testing and doctors probing and measuring what ever needed such actions. Michael will continue the origional chemo treatment of thylidamid, which is one pill a day, every day. The new chemo treatment will be administered IV, twice a week, and is to reduce ( the level of mutated white blood cells. In plain terms, kill the Bad-WBC. A bout with puneumonia delayed this but all was underway by mid-May.
With both types of chemo in progress we are at the Hurry-Up and Wait stage. This is an old saying from the Army, you were always made to hurry-up in preparation for training, mass movement or some event that was to take place. After hurrying, as required, one could wait endless hours in line, formation or the field for "something to happen".
We are now at this point! All initial testing is complete, a donor has been selected, the clinic is providing us with instructions for Michael's care and needs, post bone marrow transplant patient. Housing is available, we think, and we are making preperations for three to four months in Seattle, which is the normal recovery period. Plans for the pets and house are still unsettled but will come into focus. Friends are working several types of fund rasing events that are doing well. A note of thanks here, friends and strangers have been most generous with their help and prayers.
Waiting. Waiting for the correct blood count of Bad-WBC. Then we will shift to the hurry-up mode!