To continue yesterday's saga, I got a six hour saline drip into my line started at 10pm last night. I guess this with the previous 4 hour saline drip could be counted as refuelling in flight!!!! So at 4am I was woken to be disconnected from my drip and bloods taken at the same time. This gave be 2.5 hours of sleep time till next observations (obs) at 6.30am. Ops are at 4 hourly intervals.
Today has been a good day. After breakfast I had communion in my room and then started the chemo. This was a 30min run followed by a 4 hour run. This went well and no adverse effects were encountered. Staff nurse had previously assured me that what I encountered yesterday was normal for 90+ of patients and that it would not happen again - she was right!! Although nurse Mary and Tizzy were in attendance at the end, their nursing talents were not required.
As the chemo is now knocking my bone marrow, red blood cell production is decreased so my blood test this morning showed that I need another two units of blood, so tomorrow will be a busy day. I am so glad that they but two lines into the veins in the chest for a direct connection for delivering drugs and taking blood samples. Without it I would be a pin cushion. Let's hope that tomorrow we are still flying in smooth air!!
Tablet count for the day now stands at 23!!
Hope there's not been too much turbulence today - just fasten your seat belt if it starts to get too rough a ride again..
ReplyDelete23 tablets? Now that is some meal John! I choke and splutter just taking one paracetemol....
Hope you have a better night tonight and are able to get a few more hours sleep...
Carolyn
xx