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The Halgren's are back in Seattle after a wonderful long weekend home! We took the scenic route up Chinook Pass and enjoyed majestic view of Mount Rainier amid the smoky backdrop of haze from Canadian forest fires. The flowers were spectacular and it was well worth the stop. Only two appointments for Monday. Genecology and a mammogram. Though necessary, I despise them both. We are skipping appointments tomorrow (just two caregiver classes) Caregiver 101 and such. We have taken them before and will take them again later on. No appointments on Wednesday, so we are taking the ferry to Bremerton and driving to Forks to enjoy the Olympic Mountains, Hoh Rainforest and the West side of the Olympic Peninsula. We'll be doing some day hikes and exploring around. We decided we might as well have some fun before the onslaught of chemo and the restrictions resulting from the demolition of my immune system. Our address is 525 Minor Ave. North Apt. #609 Seattle,  WA 981...

I'm excited to blog round TWO of the stem cell transplant experience! I might as well be excited since I have no choice but to forge through and make the best of it. I have Dale by my side so no matter what happens, I will be able to tolerate it and pull through better than before. We moved to Seattle two weeks ago. We started at the SCCA (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) House. It is an extended stay hotel for cancer patients. The apartments are small and have shared kitchen and laundry facilities. We ultimately wanted a place with our own kitchen and laundry. The following week we moved into the Pete Gross House which is an apartment complex for cancer patients. We had been on the waiting list and were able to move in more quickly than we had anticipated. It was great except for the two very low budget make shift twin beds. We purchased a memory foam mattress topper from Costco and with some 2x4 blocks to hoist up the lower bed and by pushing the two together we now have a quite c...