Day -6

Vlad had his first round of pre-transplant chemo beginning at 3:30 a.m. He was awakened more than hourly all night between that and answering nature's call. He's hydrated to the max, I think.

This morning he is very tired and sleepy. He said he feels "weird," which could just be his lack of sleep. It's really too soon to start feeling the chemo effects. He's also uncomfortable with the room's temperature. It's too cold then too hot. If he can, he will sleep today.

Last night Alex was with him and he ate some of Lana's chicken cutlets and some noodles.

I'll go up tonight and we'll watch the final episode of Top Chef. (They do have Bravo at MDA.) Vlad and I agree this season: we're cool with Kevin or Bryan winning. We think Michael has behavior issues unbecoming a TV chef. (I just went to Bravo's TC site and found this game: Match the chef with the tat!)