Today we arrived at the hospital, with all of our bags, by 10:30am, had to check in, Sarah got her "bracelet" and then down to the 3rd floor.(main entrance is on 5) The nurses are all terrific, explained everything and introduced us to the Nurse educator, patient liaison, and the massage therapist. That's right, tomorrow Sarah gets a massage! Transport came to pick up Sarah at 12:30 and we were off to the 4th floor where we met the doctor who was scheduled to put in the port/catheter. Sarah was a trooper as she got her last IV put in. Zen and I got some lunch and went back to the room to wait for our girl. By 2pm we could hear her coming down the hall, everything went really well and Sarah was asking for lunch!!!! Chicken and French fries, no surprise there, she even convinced daddy to get her soda.
The nurses started her IV through the port, and it works like a charm. Doctor M Paid Sarah a visit, answered questions, And discussed the future treatments, we really like him, he explains everything so we can understand. A little while later the neuro PA's came in to remove the staples from Sarah's head, yeah no more itchy scalp.
I got to go down to the patient caregiver center for a chair massage, it was great to relax a little. Before we knew it, dinner time had arrived. The hospital dinner was not up to Sarah's high culinary standards, so dad ate it and mom went to the cafe to get Sarah a chicken ceasar salad, her appetite is back in full force! Whew, I know this is long, but this was a full day. After dinner Sarah's PH levels were where they should be, and the chemo cocktail was started, it runs for 6 hours.
We just finished watching Gossip Girl, and another of Sarah's shows and soon it will be bed time, at least for me!
I finished a hat today and looked through patterns so I can start another one tomorrow.
That's it for me tonight, Sarah and I are sharing the IPad while here and she wants to work on her blog now.
Good night all
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| Sarah's Bed |
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| Lunch-chicken and fries |
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| packing is never easy! |
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| Dinner |
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| TV time |
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| getting ready to go-one last email |
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| relaxing |
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