So, yesterday was a ridiculously long and frustrating day. We arrived at clinic at 11:00 am. I made sure Camden was drinking plenty at home so he met his hydration parameters without question~required prior to starting chemo. We arrived in our room, ready for chemo maybe 2:30ish or so. At that point we were informed of him needing a blood transfusion, which is a 4 hour process not including the premedication so say 5 hours. Then we were informed that despite him meeting hydration, he needed to be hydrated with magnesium, as the chemo medication he will be getting depletes magnesium (which is a 3 hour process). (an additional 8 hours...with a wasted 3-4 hours just sitting in clinic). Of course nothing happened too quickly and despite me being in the medical field (trying to understand) and me trying to be patient, I was not. So fluids ran for 3 hours. Blood was hung at 9:00 pm. Chemo didn't start until 3:30 am. At 3:45 am chemo stopped because his blood pressure was dropping. A long story short, we finished chemo around 7:00 am this morning. Yesterday was an extremely long day, but last night even longer. Chemo has to be hung at the same time everyday....so I already know, I won't sleep this week, as I laid next to him, praying. (not to mention there were blood pressure checks every fifteen minutes during chemo). My saving grace to last night was God blessing me with a loving and patient nurse *who was running like crazy for us all night! Without her, I don't think I would have survived. This means, instead of Thursday being day 1 of chemo, actually today is day 1 and we have extended our stay. In light of the chaos, we are here, getting what we need for Camden to get better. He has only vomited a few times yet today, but waiting for the accumulative effect to hit. Other than that, Camden is in good spirits and doing well. xoxo
Gramma Nanc
8/16/2013 07:28:38 am
Hope that the process is smooth and fast for Camde from this point , and that you all get needed rest !!! Comments are closed.
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