I arrived this morning at 10:20 to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Today starts the first day of Joe's treatment. I am happy that the process is finally starting, but extremely anxious about how the treatment will affect him. The day started out with a meeting with his oncologists. We finally found out the stage of his cancer. He has stage 3A. From what I gather, that means his cancer has spread to lymph nodes in his abdomen and lungs (which is good according to the doctor). The lymph nodes are very small (another good thing) and the doctor's are confident that the chemo will squash it. From the meeting with the oncologist we went down to the Lance Armstrong center, so Joe could have his pulmonary lung test. He did very well (according to him because he is a elite athlete) and we went upstairs to floor ten to start his chemo. We did not leave Dana Farber until 8, we were the last ones to leave I think hahah.
The chemo took a total of about 4 hours. The actual chemo drugs took about an hour.. a lot of other "shit" went into to him to make him not sick. I need to start taking notes of the amazing people you see in this place. It is so inspiring to see how strong people are. It makes me want to volunteer, just be a better person. The oncology nurses are saints, true angels. They have such positive attitudes and make the whole process so much easier. Again, a place with so much sickness, also holds so much hope, and inspiration to keep on fighting for a better tomorrow.
Today, Joe started his blog. He worked on it all day. I am really happy that he has an outlet to share his story. On the site he has a calender of all of his treatments. I will be there all of this week and as much as I can, however I do still need to get a job! It would be amazing if you guys posted on his website and sent funny shit to him. I will also be taking pictures to record this whole experience and be posting them either on his website or this blog. Please stop by or post it really helps. He will be at my house all this week and everyone is welcome to stop by.
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