a very slow start

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