The Plan

So here's where we're at:
1. Jim and I leave for Chicago tomorrow afternoon. My Mom is going to watch the kids at our house Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
2. Jim's parents are going to meet us in Chicago tomorrow. They will stay through the procedure, stay the night in Chicago with Jim, and then bring Jim home to our house.
3. After Jim comes out of recovery from the procedure, I am leaving Chicago and driving home. I can't stay in Chicago with him because we're not supposed to sleep in the same bed for around a week.
4. I get home Thursday night, and Friday morning my mom, the kids and I are all driving to my parents' cabin.
5. Jim's parents will stay and take care of him for the week. Jim and his parents will be meeting with Dr. Haid on Monday to talk about TPN, which is the intravenous feeding. This is not a feeding tube - it's nutrition that will go right through his port. The NP told me that they had a woman receive TPN last week and she gained 8 pounds right off the bat. That's what we need.

We are nervous and excited about this procedure. I have total confidence that things will go off without a hitch. I worry about what kind of results we'll get. I worry about Jim not getting pain relief. I worry that he'll be unhappy because it's one more procedure he has to endure. They've told us that Thursday will be far easier than the angiogram day. But what's "easier" in cancer-speak?

Please pray for healing for Jim. Please pray that we'll have the confidence and grace to make it through this experience. Please pray that Jim gets some pain relief and that we find some answers through the microspheres.

Thanks for checking in on us. I'll post info about how Jim did on Thursday night or Friday morning.