Blood…..Not

Today was a total bust. I got there early so I wouldn’t be the last one to leave. I don’t drip well even when they find a vein. Today I was supposed to get the very important ozone put in my blood. I got stuck twenty eight times! They found one vein, it looked like it would work but about ten minutes into the treatment, the vein blew and I sprayed blood all over myself, two nurses, all over the floor, the heating pad, and the girl sitting next to me. At this point, I started crying and so did everyone around me. Henry Earl was horrified. The nurse who was an ER nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital said he had never had this happen before. They even tried to get an IV in my foot!

Hollis, the nurse, called the Dr. and was told to stand down. There’s a point when you just have to stop. So, I got nothing today. I’m supposed to get my stem cells Thursday at 10:00am. I don’t know how bad this setback is. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow. I’m really depressed tonight. I can’t possibly do anything easy. I’m worn out. I want to come home.

The Latin music Grammys are happening right behind our hotel and they are closing streets all around us for the rest of the week. It takes us 30-45 minutes to go five miles to the clinic. Now they tell us to give ourselves an hour and a half.

I hate this place!!

Tomorrow is another day….