T Minus 6

After our morning injection, we had a meeting with the hematologist. He explained all the details about the pic line we will be receiving on Friday. Sounds like the actual placement will be painless, but it will cause some discomfort after the pain meds wear off. He said that our bone pain will probably increase by the weekend. If it becomes unbearable with the oral pain meds, the doctors/nurses who give the filgrastim shots also carry injectable pain relief. He said not to try to brave thru it...ask for it if we need it... there's no need to suffer. The doctors do their best to keep us comfortable. 

Our original plan was to visit Old Puebla after the clinic visit, but some weren't feeling up to it. Two couples went to a large shopping mall and the other 3 couples were dropped off at the apartments. Dave and I had lunch at a little coffee shop we like, then went home for a rest. Everyone met together at 4:00 to go to a wonderful Italian restaurant for dinner. The food was SO good! We all discussed how we were nearing the end of our freedom. We headed back to the apartments for our evening shot. Isolation will begin on Monday and last till we fly home. "Home". What a lovely word, as our new Brit friends would say. I will miss these precious people terribly. Dave and I have made some strong bonds which will only grow stronger as we approach the most grueling part of the process. 

Tomorrow is the rescheduled Old Puebla visit. I'm so looking forward to it. I hope we are all well enough to participate. Thankfully, I've had some very good days. Hasta manana... ( I can't figure out how to get the ~ thingy above the first "n".)

Our group of 5 patients and  5 carers along with our divers. Lorenzo and Tony