Post Chemo

Friday was somewhat interesting. We got down to MDA our noon appointment for a long line catheter but didn’t get it in until about 2:30. Afterwards we went across the street and grabbed a bit of lunch (mostly Verva) but I did drink quite a bit of ice water because I was told that later that wouldn't work for me (4-5 days of cold sensitivity).

When we went up to the Infusion Center our neighbors Jeff and Lorraine were there to see us off – how very kind of them. The chemo was pretty uneventful – it took about four hours and the kids came down and took Verva out to dinner. I slept or zoned out – not sure which. It was pretty late when we finished and we had to come back the next morning for hydration so we stayed downtown and Katy and Scott’s. We hadn’t expected that so had no clothes or tooth brushes and Sarah kindly dropped everything and drove up to bring supplies. Scott says we need to pretend Verva’s pregnant and just keep a small bag in the car for such occasions. Hmmmmm. Slept great, dreamed all the symptoms went away and actually seemed to fell better in the morning.

Now I’m a bit whipped (fatigue is to be expected I guess) and a little nauseated but these things should go away soon. Not soon enough as far as I’m concerned! The kids will be by again today and hopefully we’ll laugh enough to make everything much better. We have to return to MDA at 10PM (yikes) tonight to get the 48-hour pump taken off. After this time Verva can do it for me but the timing is a bit inconvenient.

We’re glad to get to this step and to be heading down the road to WELLNESS. (We believe in miracles!)