July 28, 2015.. I was disappointed in the progress today. Everything went well on my first scheduled things to do at MIRT today, and then I went for a consult with the Physician's Assistant before I was to go for a bone marrow biopsy procurement. During the questions, he asked me if I had stopped taking the Xeralto 3 days ago. I told him I had not and said that I had not been told to do so in the instructions I had gotten from MIRT. He said I could not have the procedure done since I had not stopped taking the blood thinner 3 days prior because it was too dangerous. He rescheduled the procedure for Thursday this week and at this point, I am not sure when I will be able to see my doctor since my original appointment was the same day I am now having the bone marrow procedure. It is important the doctor have the results of the biopsy and the other tests before he can determine the best path forward for me. It looks like instead of leaving Little Rock on Friday as we had planned, we might not be leaving until the following Tuesday since Dr. Van Rhee does not see patients on Friday. 

The Physician's Assistant told us today that my new doctor (Van Rhee) is the best doctor at MIRT and has recently done a presentation to the National Institute of Health. He said he is absolutely brilliant. I look forward to meeting him and finding out what he has planned for me.  

It was very hot here today. The high tomorrow is forecast to be 100. It was in the high 90's today. It sounded kind of funny when they were giving the local weather forecast, they said a cooling off period was coming later in the week. It was forecast to be down to 93.

Tomorrow, I have a PET scheduled to start at 9am and a MRI at 1pm.

We were so blessed to be able to get an apartment for this stay. It is the same layout as we had when we were here in March this year. It is not the same apartment but exactly like that one except for the furniture. We are so fortunate to be able to stay here. It is in the apartment complex called "The Park Avenue Lofts"     The rate is less than we would have had to pay for a hotel room.