Finally getting started

We've been here a week now and all we had was his consultation. Today we finally got to start some of the pre-treatment stuff. We met with a lady to go over Anesthesia and it really only took like 10 minutes. Then they sent us to go get some blood work done on James to make sure his counts are all ok. The hospital here is huge! I don't think I've ever been in such a big busy hospital. Everyone kept telling us how great a hospital it is and they must be right because there are tons of people here. I haven't seen too many kids here though. The whole day took about 3 hrs and we were really only with a nurse or doctor for maybe a total of 20 minutes. Then later this evening we finally checked into the Ronald McDonald Housing. It's very nice and they pretty much provide all your meals except breakfast. Probably because most people have appointments early in the morning. James calls it our "hotel". James has his simulation tomorrow and then Friday he has his MRI. He's also supposed to get set up with the clinic here at some point but they haven't done that yet. His doctor from Mesa called yesterday wanting an update and when I told him nothing was really going on he wasn't too happy. He said he would take care of it, so who knows what that means. James should start treatment next week and then be done by August 1st. We miss home quite a bit but are still glad to be on this little adventure as a family.