June 9 2010
Today was our first day of chemo and we left the house very well prepared. We had attended chemo class, been to all of required appts and learned all we could.
First was the lab drawing more blood, report came back good except for a little anemic. Mom said no wonder since they take blood every time they see her. Then checked in with the Dr. who said she checked out good. Then over to BSA for chemo
at 11:00. Every chair was full! They ended up putting us in a private room (boohoo) which was great, but did not get to us until 2:00. Meanwhile I went down and got us lunch. Diane was with us. Lynda had started the day but had to leave.
There are pre-chemo meds, then chemo. No more then 5 minutes passed and Mom started waving her arms and was obvious in trouble. She had turned red all over and seemed to be having trouble catching her breath. She says she saw shiny lights all in front and her stomach hurt. I ran down to the chemo room and got the nurse and they came running and shut everything off. They put her on oxygen and got her back to normal and went to call the Dr. Report back, start again but slower. It went real s..l..o..w. Finally we were thru that med and on to the second which took 45 minutes in which she slept all the way through and we were done! Went by and got a taco on the way home and she said she was feeling fine, a little tired and now can look forward to visiting with Mike and family..Hair loss is expected in about 2 weeks, but will grow back. Our prayer is that chemo will not make her nauseous or weak. Our thanks to God for seeing us through this day!
It is really wonderful to see all the notes and Mom is going to love all of them for a long time. Thanks. Debbie