What a day this has turned out to be! Jacob started the 8th grade this morning. So even though I was NPO (nothing by mouth) after midnight, I got up at 6:15 a.m. and made breakfast for him. Torture to the self is good smelling coffee, wonderful coffee creamer, awesome breakfast burritos, and yummy fruit smoothies and not being able to eat any of it! Mom left home around 5:30 and arrived before 7:00. Mom, Jackie and I got to North Kansas City Hospital at 8:30 a.m. I had three procedures today. Procedure 1: Lab Work. Pain Level: 0, Days tunil Chemo: 6 It is always nice to start off on a good foot. Most of the blood test were your standard test: CBC, WBC (white blood cell count), HCT (red blood cell count), PTT (Prothrombin Time). The fourth test was a Beta Globuline (which I belive is testing for Iron in the blood). Procedure 2: Bilateral Bone Marrow Biopsy. Pain Level: 4. Emotional Stablity: Total Wreck!! This was the big scary test of the day. I wa...