Day 22

Darin has been doing so well that yesterday when he asked when he could get his line out, the PA said she thought he could do it right away. So today we went in bright and early to have his line taken out. It went fairly quickly. They just gave him a local and cut away part of the skin that starts growing onto the ring just under the skin. Then they just pulled it out. He said the only thing he felt was the local. He was nervous beforehand, but it all went just fine.

While he was gone, I started talking to a man probably in his 50's who was waiting to have a line put in. He was just starting the process to get a bone marrow transplant, and was about to get his 3rd overnight treatment. I told him a lot about the process, because usually the staff doesn't tell you much until right before it happens. He seemed encouraged to see how well Darin was doing after such a short time.

We had quite the snowstorm to drive home in. That makes the 3rd time Darin has needed to come home from the hospital during a snowstorm. It's almost like he plans it.