Well…..so far, so good. Actually no, so far, so great! We’ve conquered Day 1, with 19 more days of chemo to go (stretched across the next 12 weeks, but nonetheless, we will be counting down the number of days of chemo!) We checked into the hospital this morning and Tom received his first blast of chemo. During chemo he is on a constant drip of fluids and preventative treatments in addition to chemo treatments throughout the day.
The port proved to be a great decision on our part, as it has made this much easier on Tom and it’s clear that as we have these sessions in the upcoming months that it will make things quicker and more efficient too. We sort of were waiting for the symptoms to rear their ugly heads all day, but for the most part his body responded quite well. Now, we recognize that this is only day one, and often times the symptoms don’t appear until he’s had the treatment multiple days….but we are just so grateful that he is feeling better than we expected. Set the bar low and you’ll always be satisfied – right? I’m sure there is a motivational poster out there somewhere with those exact words on it :)
We are incredibly grateful for the amazing staff of nurses here who have been so accommodating, educational and helpful. They are truly walking angels on earth! Here’s to hoping that Day 2 is even better than Day 1…and that Tom doesn’t beat me twice in UNO again tomorrow night.
The port proved to be a great decision on our part, as it has made this much easier on Tom and it’s clear that as we have these sessions in the upcoming months that it will make things quicker and more efficient too. We sort of were waiting for the symptoms to rear their ugly heads all day, but for the most part his body responded quite well. Now, we recognize that this is only day one, and often times the symptoms don’t appear until he’s had the treatment multiple days….but we are just so grateful that he is feeling better than we expected. Set the bar low and you’ll always be satisfied – right? I’m sure there is a motivational poster out there somewhere with those exact words on it :)
We are incredibly grateful for the amazing staff of nurses here who have been so accommodating, educational and helpful. They are truly walking angels on earth! Here’s to hoping that Day 2 is even better than Day 1…and that Tom doesn’t beat me twice in UNO again tomorrow night.