Trip to Little Rock Earlier Than Expected

June 4, 2017..  We were called to come to UAMS earlier than we had planned. My appointments here were set starting June 18th but the samples that they ran on May 25th showed my myeloma markers had gone in the wrong direction quite a bit. They called last Wednesday and told me I needed to get to UAMS as soon as possible. They started trying to get me scheduled and we made preparations to make the trip. We made the trip on Sunday leaving at 7am EDT and arriving at Little Rock at 5:30pm CDT. I am convinced Sunday is the best day to make this trip due to lower volume of trucks and other traffic. I am sorry I was not able to post anything last night because I was so exhausted and not feeling well, I just could not do it. We could not get an apartment with Home Away From Home as we normally do because their apartments were occupied. We are staying at Towne Place Suites. 

June 5, 2017..  I went for testing today but things did not work out as they had planned. I was scheduled to get a sedated bone marrow biopsy but after seeing the results of my blood tests that were taken earlier in the day, the APN scheduled for me to get a unit of blood. The problem came in when there were long delays in getting the blood ready and the time it took for it to be transfused. I had a firm appointment to get the biopsy at noon but they called at 1:15 and said they were going to have to cancel the biopsy. I did not finish getting the blood until about 1:30. It was a very frustrating day. I did get a scheduled MRI later this afternoon. I will have to get a different type MRI tomorrow and a CT scan along with another unit of blood. The appointment for the MRI scan tomorrow night is set for 8:30pm. We had to wait for 1.5 hours after our MRI appointment time today before I was able to be scanned. The scan tomorrow night takes about an hour so we will probably be late getting back to our room and not be able to post to the blog. The APN that was taking care of things today is absolutely wonderful. We have had some contact with her since 2013 but not until the last year or so did we get to see how good she is. She is very dedicated and caring. She was covered up with work today but went the extra mile to see that I was getting the testing and care that I needed. When we left, she gave me a hug and my face only came up to her shoulder. She is really tall and slim. I sure have lots of respect for her. I am thankful there are people in this world like her.