Well there's no turning back now. The City of Hope called, and Edie is scheduled for an 11:30 AM check in tomorrow. So tonight was time for a special dinner.
We stayed home, and I cooked the perfect medium rare filet mignon, with rice and broccoli, accompanied by a 2005 Hartford Court, Sevens Bench Pinot Noir, and boy was it good.
Not only did I cook the steak to a perfect medium rare, but the wine was one of the better Pinot Noir's we've drank recently. It was a full bodied Pinot, exhibiting a good balance of fruit, tannins and acidity, and with good texture without the high alcohol taste that seems so prevelant in the wines being produced now a days.
Of course, not even the perfect meal, and bottle of wine, can change the reality of the next two or possibley three weeks. They're not going to be a lot of fun.
Saturday and Sunday, Edie receives high dose melphalan (reduced slightly due to a slightly impaired kidney function), to destroy the old immune system, followed by the transplant on Monday.
Then comes the hard part, waiting for the new immune system to take effect.
I know I've been preparing myself for this moment for quite awhile, but that doesn't make it any easier, especially when you know there isn't anything you can do effect the outcome.
We stayed home, and I cooked the perfect medium rare filet mignon, with rice and broccoli, accompanied by a 2005 Hartford Court, Sevens Bench Pinot Noir, and boy was it good.
Not only did I cook the steak to a perfect medium rare, but the wine was one of the better Pinot Noir's we've drank recently. It was a full bodied Pinot, exhibiting a good balance of fruit, tannins and acidity, and with good texture without the high alcohol taste that seems so prevelant in the wines being produced now a days.
Of course, not even the perfect meal, and bottle of wine, can change the reality of the next two or possibley three weeks. They're not going to be a lot of fun.
Saturday and Sunday, Edie receives high dose melphalan (reduced slightly due to a slightly impaired kidney function), to destroy the old immune system, followed by the transplant on Monday.
Then comes the hard part, waiting for the new immune system to take effect.
I know I've been preparing myself for this moment for quite awhile, but that doesn't make it any easier, especially when you know there isn't anything you can do effect the outcome.
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