He is all checked in to Northwestern Prentice Hospital room 1563. A beautiful view of Lake Michigan.
3:00 p.m.
They inserted his pic line and just began his chemo. This is a short infusion, only 30 minutes, but very potent. It will take out his entire bone marrow. He started chewing on ice chips 30 minutes before they began the chemo which is suppose to help limit the mouth sores associated with this chemo. They also brought him some orange sherbet. Carolyn was the chemo nurse that delivered his chemo. She was his very first nurse when he was here 3 weeks ago for his 2nd round of chemo. There is something reassuring about seeing a familiar face. Wow I guess I am a super slow typist because chemo is already finished!!!!!! They said to try and keep the mouth cold for at least 2 hours again to limit the extent of mouth sores down the road! This is a bit of a challenge because all Bill wants to do is sleep! He didn't get much sleep last night with the anticipation of everything! So..........when I see the snore start I know it is time for more ice chips!!!! :) Well they are kicking me out so they can give him a breathing treatment. I will check back in later!
6:00 p.m.
I think Bill is still feeling pretty good because he asked me to bring him chocolate and potato chips!!!
Nothing else for the rest of tonight except for this bad chemo to work it's magic killing everything off and anticipation for the BIG DAY tomorrow. They will give him approximately 4 million of his stem cells at roughly 3:00 p.m. tomorrow and that will be the BEGINNING of his new immune system!
Wish us luck on getting some sleep tonight!
Love,
Kay
hey girl. I got your number now! 1563! That pic of the view brings back memories....argh. Interesting about the ice chips. what are the breathing treatments for? We are planning to check in Wed. Afternoon. they did not give us a time, so is 11:59pm too late? hehehhe. I'll make sure to get ahold of you Wed if not too late, or Thursday for sure. Looking forward to it. Prayers for Bill. ttys.
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