Homeward Bound - At Last!

We left the clinic in Reno about 11:30 a.m. on Friday after Harold’s last treatment and visits with Dr. Forsythe and Dr. Magic. Dr. Forsythe told us Harold’s blood work is good as far as his liver and kidney function and red and white cell count are all very good, although, he is still slightly anemic. They gave him an iron shot and Dr. Magic recommended we get B-12 and Folic Acid shots after returning home.

We have a pretty extensive regimen to maintain for the next three months before going back for a one week follow-up of the IV salicinium. Our next trip will be the week of May 4. Harold will be taking an oral version three times daily between now and then along with all his other supplements and oral Poly MVA.

As you might guess, the trip home has also not been without it's own excitement...we had a blowout at about Winslow, Arizona and the tire completely came apart. Luckily, we were not hurt and are thankful for that. We have the spare tire on (full size) and hopefully won’t have any more issues with tires before we get home. We have a road hazard guarantee on the tire, but there are no Tires Plus shops in Arizona or New Mexico. We stayed Saturday night in Gallup, New Mexico, without incident. This put us a bit behind but was our only choice as there was a bad accident involving a semi that had the interstate at a standstill and we had to travel about 27 miles back to Gallup to get out of the traffic.

We got up early on Sunday morning and drove straight through with the exception of gas breaks and a stop in Amarillo, Texas for lunch at a Cracker Barrel. We made it home about 8 p.m. and are ecstatic to finally be home! My beautiful Purple African Violet is in full bloom - just in time for me to enjoy it.

We are now playing catch-up after being gone for three weeks and get all of the insurance stuff in order from the break-in. Harold goes in two weeks back to Tulsa for his CT scan (Dr. Forsythe has told us to tell them to quit doing CT scans once a month as that is too much radiation) and blood work - we will keep you posted on his results.