Beantown

We're here! It seems a little bit like a dream. I could definitely use that word again...surreal. We flew into Boston yesterday and drove to Worcester, a little over an hour away in rush hour. We checked into the Hope Lodge and went grocery shopping. The Hope Lodge is a really cool old Victorian home. It's huge! It's one of those places I could get lost in. It has nine patient bedrooms and is currently full. I'm grateful to stay in such a good environment. The people there seem very friendly, and everyone is kind of in the same boat. We are definitely in The Land of Cancer. After having a good month long plus break from treatments and appointments, it's kind of hard to jump right back in to having cancer be the main focus of our days again. It's not that we don't think about cancer every hour of every day, it's just that we've anticipated this part of Nate's treatment for so long. Until now its been something "in the future", and now it's here!

Today Nate has all his pre op appointments. We started at 7:00 a.m. With a CT scan with contrast. We headed over to another building for pre op testing which included blood draws, an EKG, a physical, and a pre op with anesthesiology. They ordered a chest X-ray so now we're back in radiology. We have our consultation with Dr Lambert at 1:40 in another building about a mile away where she'll look at the scan and X-ray with us, do another physical exam, give us a tour of the hospital and give all pre op instructions. I'm tired already! Nate's doing great!

I've already received a few texts and FB comments and want to thank everyone for the words of encouragement and offers to help. We are blessed! Also, please don't hesitate to text Nate anytime! You'd be surprised how a little text every now and then can brighten an otherwise dark day! We're heading to Boston for some sight seeing in the morning and will be back to Worcester Sunday night. I'll update when I can. Thanks for your continued prayers!