On Monday, Graham went to Stanford Cancer Center to get Rituxan by IV. He was very lethargic, walking and speaking so slowly, and his left eyelid was drooping a bit more than the also droopy right one. He had no appetite and just wanted to sleep. It was so very sad to see him like that. Instead of the usual recliner, they gave him a room with a bed to receive the infusion.
Within three hours of getting the pre-meds and Rituxan, he was feeling soooooo much better. He was bright-eyed, alert, and wanted to eat. Good thing his boss, Ruska, recently gave Graham an "Emergency Chocolate Bar" that we had brought with us. Perhaps the new drug combo Stanford should recommend to all is R-Choc. :-)
Graham's bosses, Ruska and Peter, visit Graham and wear "Friend of Graham" (FOG) caps.
We were there until about 7pm and would have been pretty hungry, but we were saved by Jean M. coming by in the afternoon to deliver some delicious homemade pureed veggie soup. It really hit the spot. Jean, your timing was perfect.
Graham's brother Gary was also at Stanford that day, going through the next level of tests, to make sure he was safe to donate bone marrow to Graham in case we can move forward with the transplant at some point. Gary's test results were all fine. So if Graham's cancer can be controlled for 4 weeks, everything is all ready for him to get a transplant.
Back at home we had a late dinner with some more of Aunt Marie's stuffed cabbage, as well as all kinds of goodies given to us by our neighbor Ella. She made us homemade gefilte fish (nothing like that horrid stuff in the jar!), a delicious mushroomy version of devilled eggs, chicken in pastry, and this amazing eggplant mixture whose name I always forget. What a cook! And what a relief to be able to come home to good food instead of the usual TV dinners. Thanks Jean, Marie and Ella!
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