first off,
enjoy the picture on the blog from last week, it might be a while before you see another one.
yes, Jackie has joined the cast of the soap "The Bald and the Beautiful"!
jeanne came over to do the honors on monday.
(and to see the great and fabulous dyson in action!!!)
now back to today...
the day has ended, and the chemo is over.
there was a little problem with the port this morning, ended up sounding like the hokey pokey.
"now, turn this way and put your arms up in the air...now lean back and recite the alphabet backwards"
it turns out there is likely a kink in the line but it's considered "positional" because the flow of the drugs
only stopped if Jackie moved her head a certain way.
but, it all got started, and it all went in, the same day they started it!
no two day chemo for this round.
interesting thing learned today:
- some of the older chemo drugs are mixed with alcohol, which is one of the reasons they don't want chemo patients to drive home.
wow, who knew?
so jackie was home around 4:30, and has been awake ever since.
(last time she came home and just fell asleep and stayed asleep)
also different this time, she ate some dinner tonight.
so, hopefully the next several days will stay on the high side of things, and this time won't be as hard on her as the first one.
jackie said she felt all the good thoughts and positive energy!
so, thanks all you HOPE Warriors!
you all did your best to S.E.E. this one go as good as it could go.
namaste,
dab
So glad to hear Jackie felt good enough to eat something. Hope the next couple days are even better. SEE SEE SEE and believe. Love you!
ReplyDeleteSo our positive thoughts had some impact!...Jackie doesn't know me but I feel as though I know her through Kathy and wish her good outcomes and positive healing and a port-a-cath that functions the whole time she is on chemo!
ReplyDeleteEating is good! Hope she continues to have good days...and some appetite.