We are here!

Well, we made it! Unfortunately it took us a little longer then expected because our car decided to start overheating last night when we got to the Indiana border. We made it a little ways keeping the engine cool enough, so we stopped at a gas station. As soon as we got to the gas station, the car started working fine again, but I did grab some coolant for the car just in case. We started down the highway again, and of course~it started to overheat again! We made it to a rest stop and just sat there wondering what we were going to do. It was to late for a mechanic to look at it and no car rental places open. We made a few phone calls, Sean's dad Marty was just about to drive all the way to bring us the rest of the way, when I happened to be on the phone with my mom who had told me to put the coolant in the car! DUH! Why didn't I think of that? Of course thats why I bought it~right? Sooo... After the coolant was in, we let the car run for a few and it worked!! So we were off again! We did not make it to the hotel until late because of this, but at least we didn't get lost :).
Anyways, we came to the hospital about 9:00 this morning. So far they have pretty much just went over Sean's history and did some blood work. I believe he will be getting a pic line in shortly and he will start treatment later on tonight. All of the hospital staff here so far has been very generous! At the moment, Sean is in a shared room, but they will be moving him to a private room later, as soon as someone is discharged. They just brought in Sean's lunch, and wow am I impressed! For lunch today, Sean received beef stroganoff (which he probably will not eat because he doesn't like beef stroganoff), a roll, a salad that actually had cucumbers and tomato in it, and a very yummy looking strawberry shortcake! After many stays in different hospitals, usually the food does not look near as good as it is here. He has only had one meal here though, so we will see what future meals will bring.
All About BIOCHEMO: Biochemotherapy is definitely going to be rough for Sean. If anyone remembers the side effects Sean had from IL-2, this will be similar, possibly worse. The biotherapy that Sean will be doing will consist of 5 different drugs! 3 of them being chemotherapies and 2 of them biological therapies. The chemos consist of Vinblastin, Cisplatin, and DTIC. The side effects alone for the drugs consist of nausea, vomiting, fevers, fatigue, headache, chills, rigors, anorexia, anemia, and the list goes on! The 2 biological therapies that will also be included are, Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and Interferon. Sean has already done the high dose IL-2 at Univ of Mich, which was rough! The IL-2 will be continuous throughout the first 4 days. Side effects for the IL-2 are pretty much all of the above plus low blood pressure, water retention, and reversible kidney dysfunction. He will also receive the interferon shots daily.
I will try to keep everyone updated as the week goes on! Any and all prayers are welcome, it's going to be a long, tough week. ~Nicole~