Slow weekend

We went to the clinic both Saturday and Sunday, to get Doug's Neupogen shots. On Saturday, the RN showed me how to clean and flush the central lines; really not too difficult.

Doug's blood pressure was sky high on Saturday and better today. Probably not too surprising. His discomfort from the central line placement is better today. He is having some deep bony aches from the Neupogen -- one of the side effects as the bone marrow pumps out massive quantities of stem cells. We need a lot of those little buggers; the stem cells have the scientific name of "CD34+" cells and a minimum number for a successful transplant is 2 million cells per kilogram of body weight. They want to collect enough stem cells for two transplants; the extra cells will be kept frozen in case they are needed in the future.

We are keeping a low profile and avoiding crowds and anyone who might be coming down with the flu. The flu is rampant in this area right now, and if Doug gets the flu now it could be disastrous. At best, it would set back the schedule quite a bit until he recovers; at worst it could be fatal, if the flu hits when his immune system is gone. The medical team keeps checking to make sure he doesn't have any sniffles, etc. Every time we go to the clinic they take his temp. So we are hermits but we do go for walks and have taken several drives around Denver.

This morning on the way back from the clinic we noticed some interesting statues -- we found out it was the old East High School, and the adjacent City Park. I took a couple of photos. There was no signage to tell about the statues, other than a date of 1917 on the tall columns. I took a close up of the women - there is a story there, just wish we knew it.