Popsicles

 Today was Melphalam day. Tony's mom is down in Salt Lake with him today. The Hope Lodge made them check out at 9 o'clock this morning, but they didn't have a room available at Huntsman for him yet, so they ended up waiting in one of the little living rooms they have there. Tony slept on the couch there for awhile while they waited. They finally got all checked into the hospital around 2 o'clock this afternoon. They gave him a couple pre meds and then they had him eat popsicles starting twenty min before the chemo, during the twenty min they administered the chemo, and then for twenty min after the chemo. They said they've found that sucking on popsicles during that time makes mouth sores less horrible with this chemo. 

The doctor said he's likely to lose his hair with this chemo. He's hoping it'll come back straight again. He hasn't been thrilled with how curly it is now. He said he feels like it looks messy all the time. I think its cute. 

Tomorrow is the big day. The latest we heard is that the transplant will be around 3 o'clock. Tony can have 2 people with him and since Tony's parents couldn't be there ten years ago for his transplant, they wanted to be able to be there for this one. So they're going to video call the boys and I from the hospital. 

The moment feels a lot bigger than it's going to look. (It'll just look like a regular blood infusion). But we want the boys to see it so they can understand exactly what is going on. John and Tammy have promised to also take pictures for ya'll so I can post them here on the blog.