Thursday the 29th

Tia is coming home tonight!! Her counts are strong enough for her to be released but she still is positive for the fungal infection in her lungs and the yeast infection in her bloodstream.

Therefore, she will need to go back to the hospital everyday for at least the next month to get radiation and anti-fungals (including the dreaded ablecet)but she will be able to be home everynight. The best part for her will be no nurses waking her up all night to check for vitals and no IVs at night!!

Her days (beginning tomorrow) will roughly be as follows. Leave the Palisades between 7:45 and 8 to arrive at City of Hope around 9 (a little later on the weekends as less traffic). She then has labs and pre-radiation meds (valium). She has radiation from 10 to 10:30 and then at 10:30 goes back to the clinic for her daily infusions. At that point she will sleep for a while (double dose of benadryl does the trick) and she does not need companionship.

If you can drive Tia on this morning shift any day between now and January 20th, please let me know.

Between 4:30 and 5:30 she will be done with her infusions and will need to come back to the Palisades. To be safe, anyone who drives the afternoon shift should be at the hospital by 4:30. Once we do this for a while we will fine tune the exact time. Luckily for me, Santa Anita is open and only 5 miles from the hospital so ...

If you can drive the afternoon shift, please let me know.

And for those who have friends in Pasadena (or want to go to Santa Anita for a few hours)... and want to do a full day, let me know that as well.

I know it is the holiday weekend but if anyone who can drive Tia can get back to me, it would be helpful as I try to arrange transportation to make sure Tia gets to the hospital.

The girls and I wish everyone a healthy new year and thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.

Love to all

Jess and the girls


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