Day - 9

Jim is now moved into his lovely high rise hospital room. The walls are a lovely shade of drab with a pumpkin orange wall behind his head. He does have a very nice view of the mountains. We hung pictures and sayings to make it feel a little more homey. Not such a bad decorating job for a hospital room.

They do a funny thing here with the days and count down until the day they give him the stem cells. So, today is -9. He will get radiation until day -4. Then days -3 and -2 are chemo days. -1 is a "day of rest" and then day 0 is his new b-day.

Jim had his first radiation treatment today. See above video. 1 down and five to go. Jim says it is a little hard to stand there in that contraption, but today he feels good so it was doable. He played his medal of honor music while he stood there. It reminds me a little of Disneyland because of the contraption, music and then they turn the lights off so all you see is the glowing breast plates. Sorry, didn't get that part on video. No one can be in the room while the radiation is going. They put the breast plates there to protect his lungs from the radiation. Jim says he feels like a Super Hero.

Tonight I am going home to be with the kids. Back tomorrow for another fun fulled day.

Today, JIM AND I ARE THANKFUL for glowing breast plates that protect his lungs.

Yea!