Day 15, Chemo Day #3

Everything is going very well. Florian's doctors came and said that he is actually doing better than expected, which is encouraging news, though he hasn't been discouraged for even one minute of this whole ordeal.  He is in great spirits with the arrival of more friends- Lese drove up from North Carolina and Vasily has arrived from New York City.  More friends arrive tomorrow from Corning, so we are all looking forward to that.

Florian has another session of chemo tonight around 9 pm, and today marks two weeks left until June 6th, which is when the doctors will perform another spinal tap and bone marrow biopsy to see if he is fit to go home to Corning and proceed with outpatient chemotherapy. So far, he still has his hair and has not experienced heavy bouts of nausea or fatigue.  He even told me today that he feels healthy as we walked to the other side of the hospital to get lunch, which I thought was nice to hear.  The nurses are continuing to be amazing and the care we've received here has exceeded expectations. The nurses are in agreement that Florian is the most easy-going, fun patient on the floor.  He is also one of, if not, the youngest patient. We got the green light to go outside the other day when it was 85 degrees and sunny, contingent upon Florian wearing sunscreen along with his helmet and mask.  It was the first time he had been out of the hospital in nearly three weeks, so it was fun to be able to sit in the grass:



So, for now, all is well. We are waiting to see how he feels once chemo progresses a little bit more, but he feels good on the whole.