Home Again

We got Cheryl home from the hospital about 2:30 PM. They wanted to do her PleurX catheters before she left the hospital to make sure that we could handle everything . After I arrived at the hospital this morning, the nurse did the procedure on the left drain while I watched and then she supervised me taking care of the right drain. There was about 25cc of fluid on the left and 150cc on the right. We may be able to stagger days that we do the procedure if they continue to show this difference.

She experienced some pain when the left side was drained but the right side went without incident. Her oxygen level was at 94 so we didn't need to bring her home with an O2 bottle. her color is good and her energy level is better than it has been in weeks. On Friday, they inserted an IV port to go along with the IP (Intra-peritoneal) port for her complete chemo procedure.

They gave us three pages of prescriptions for everything from anti-nausea drugs to take before and after chemo to blood thinner pills and injections that she will administer to herself daily to try and prevent any future clots.

Cheryl is tentatively scheduled to start chemo on Wednesday for an eight day process. She will have an IV procedure one day followed by IP (into the abdomen) the next day. She will then follow up with more IV chemo, a couple of days of fluid IVs, an injection to boost her blood count, a visit with the doctor for evaluation and then she will get a two week break before the next round.

We are hoping that she will feel well enough tomorrow to attend church for the first time in a couple of months.