A particularly exciting chemo today. Ernie is now 2/3 completed with the first treatment phase!! He was very near the bottom limit on his white cell count but made the cutoff and was allowed to get his chemo. To reach this milestone, he had to endure a "code red" (hospital speak for a fire--turned out to be a drill and they did not make us evacuate) plus the largest earthquake in the area in over 100 years.
Baltimore was 125 miles from the epicenter so we got a pretty good jolt although Ernie barely opened his eyes due to the Benadryl cocktail he gets. I was glad we were on the second floor of the hospital instead of our 11th floor apartment. On the way home on the bus, we had to detour around several buildings that had lost pieces and parts Also, the nuclear reactor near us shut down automatically and is being checked for problems. Then we learned that Hurricane Irene is supposed to make her way up the Chesapeake this weekend. Wonder if we should familiarize ourselves with evacuation routes?
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