Today begins Sarah's 2nd treatment. She was decked out in her new Giants hat for the occasion! We arrived at the hospital by 9:30am, after checking in we played musical rooms for a while, and finally settled back into room 309. She is a pro at having her port accessed by now, so the fluids started by 11:30am. Sarah read and I knit, Zen headed off to the paint store. Hopefully Sarah will have a freshly painted lime green room when we go home. We had several visitors today; the nurse educator explained the slight change in protocol, the dietician came to give us some nutrition and diet tips, the massage therapist came, Sarah was excited to see her, and finally Dr. M came to see us and map out the next couple of weeks. Once again, a lot of information to process in a short amount of time. After dinner I retaught Sarah how to knit!!! She was moving right along when I went down to the caregiver center for my massage, didn't even realize how much my back hurt until I got there. When I got back to the room, Sarah's PH level was at 8.5, hooray ready for chemo. By the time the pharmacy had the mixture ready, it was 8pm, just in time for Gossip Girl!! We enjoyed our show despite the interruptions. Now we are getting ready to wash up and get some sleep, even though we know the nurse will be in and out all night long.
I finished hat number 6 today, and got 1/2 way through number 7. Sarah wants to call them "happy hats" and put a picture of a penguin,(her favorite animal and sorority mascot) on the tag. We plan to give them to other patients at the infusion center, hopefully Sarah will enjoy knitting, I could use some help! Well, one day down, hopefully only 2-3 to go.
Good night all.
M
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