Being only a few days away from moving to Stanford for my bone marrow transplant, yesterday I had what will hopefully be my last turkey sandwich at Sutter Vallejo's Cancer Center. For almost a year I've been eating the same turkey sandwich either once a week or every two weeks when I would come in to get a blood transfusion. I would estimate 30-40 turkey sandwiches. I remember the first time thinking how great it was to get a free meal as a patient while sitting in a nice leather recliner. Over the past year, I was cared for by the same group of nurses, who administered my blood transfusions, medication, steroids, and chemotherapy, who struggled to start my IV in my hard to find veins, who answered my many, many questions, who picked up my turkey sandwiches from the cafeteria. For that I, thank God for giving me such kind and caring nurses.
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