Harvest Eve & Moving Night

Today, Kayla did so GREAT! She didn't cry at all during her poke and blood draw. When the boy next to her was crying, he looked over at her with a "WHOA" expression as he saw she didn't look phased. How sad that she is getting so used to it all. Well, bitter-sweet really. She had a little nausea this morning and into the afternoon. Just before we left to go over to the Target House, we stopped off at the cafeteria for some food to take back with us. Kayla started getting really sick to her tummy. The smells are really hard on her. Before I knew it, her feet were stretched out as wide she she could get them and she was up-chucking all over the floor. Most people weren't phased. One mom came to help me after bringing me a bunch of barf bags to stuff in my purse for future. She said that Aloe Vera Juice REALLY helps w/ nausea and mouth sores. Good to know! Over all, she did great today though.

We're all moved in! Well, almost... I am trying to convince Denny that 6-7 weeks here is long enough to qualify unpacking his things and utilizing the closet space and dressers. I, for one, unpacked! And I unpacked Kayla. She picked out her bed and we promptly put the healing blanket on it. Kayla took a nice long bath tonight with Donna's help while Denny and I did a Kroger run. The only down side (and really, we can only find one) is that they don't stock you with any toiletries, toilet paper, paper towels or food. So, we had some stocking up to do. They do, however give you a $100 kroger gift card once a week to use. You call the shuttle and they drop you off. You have 45 minutes to shop and they are there to get you. It's a pretty shady part of town, so we decided tonight that if night runs must be made, it will be Denny that does the running! We got "home" and stocked the fridge. It felt SO good!! Kayla is all tucked in and we are ready for our long, loooong day tomorrow.  Our day starts at 7:45am and it will be a 12 hour day. Kayla will have her Double Lumen place and her Femoral Line. Then when she wakes up, her Pheresis will begin. She will have to lie on her back all day until about 5:00 or 6:00 pm. After, we will go to the medicine room (it's their ER) while her collected cells are taken to the lab and carefully counted to see if she has enough for all four rounds of Chemo. If not, she will have to stay over night in the hospital tomorrow night and they will start again Wednesday morning. This will take about 3 hours! Like I said......... LONG DAY. Yuck. :(

* Please pray that this "routine" procedure of placing the lines goes smoothly and no complications arise. Also, please pray that she is able to mobilize enough stem cells for all 4 treatments and we can come back to our TH (target house) to rest!

Our Address here at the Target House is:
Target House 1  Room# 508
1811 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104

Ok, here are the pics of our new temporary home until we go home on our 1 month break:

Kayla got to make some art for the wall! Can you spot the Angry Bird?

Kayla's Room (and a bed for AJ/Donna) :)

View from Kayla's window

Our cute little kitchen! (stocked w/ cooking supplies... just no food)

My Blog Station! This chair is MUCH better then the one I have at home.

"Master Bedroom"

Kung Fu Panda was on. Perfect!

Ok, I will post something quickly tomorrow once we know how it's all going. Good night all!