chemo day

Friday started with a 6 AM family dance party to "You Don't Know You're Beautiful!"  (I don't think my children will ever learn to sleep in!)  We got Claire packed up and off to spend a fun day with Aunt Jen and then the rest of us left for DC.  I drove so I can feel semi-competent driving without Sean for future visits.  We didn't die on the way there, which is slightly a miracle - the farm girl in me can't handle driving in DC.  

When Zoe had chemo last time around, our insurance, Kaiser Permanente, didn't have their own pediatric oncology team, so that was contracted to a group outside our insurance.  Since then, Kaiser hired some of those same oncologists and nurses and created their own group.  So, although we don't go to the same chemo clinic as last time, we still get to have some of the same wonderful doctors and nurses.  AND those doctors and nurses make all the difference!!!  We feel so grateful to have such awesome medical care for Zoe!  Zoe's primary oncologist, Dr. Perdahl acts like she has all the time in the world to answer any question and she is very responsive to emails, calls, etc.  The nurses are awesome as well, and one of them could make a lot of money as a stand-up comedian.  We laughed the entire time Zoe was getting the chemo infusion - real laughing that makes the muscles in your cheeks hurt.  We were at the office forEVER but it went quickly because we were being entertained the entire time.  

We left the house at 9:30 and by the time we got Claire and went to the pharmacy, we didn't walk back in the door until 6:30.  We were all exhausted!  I don't know why doctor days are so tiresome because you don't do anything besides sit, but every time we go we come home totally spent!  Thankfully, a friend made an absolutely delicious dinner.  So we ate, and everyone was in bed by 8:30.  How's that for a Friday night??!