it begins

Thursday morning is a mix of nervous anticipation, fear of the unknown and excitement about being part of a clinical trial.  Dave's first treatment started at 1:00.  First they reviewed all the consent forms. After he was settled in they turned into vampires collecting 16 large tubes and 4 small tubes of blood.  It took about 45 minutes to find  out if he was healthy enough to get the low dose chemotherapy infusion.  After that he received a 20 minute infusion of an antinausea drug.  Finally he started the low dose  chemo drug.   This process took about 30 minutes and gave him time to finish a movie he was watching on his computer.  Tomorrow begins at ten for the vaccine. Another  new experience