Thanksgiving at Wolfson's...Aunt Kathy, Christopher, Nonni, Papa and MomI am already a bit behind and it is only the beginning of Christopher's new protocol! Here is the latest:
Christopher started his first week of Chemo on Monday, November 22nd and finished on Saturday November 27th. So yes, we spent the Thanksgiving Holiday in the hospital, but honestly it was not bad at all. For the amount of seriously ill children on the 5th floor there was more than enough good spirit to go around! There was also no shortage of good food for all and as a special bonus, Christopher's Aunt Kathy and Grandparents came to visit bearing plenty of treats as well.
It was not an easy week for Christopher. His Chemo lasts for 5 days with the 6th day being an 18 hour post hydration period. We both originally thought that the 2 Chemo drugs, mentioned in an earlier blog, would only run a total of 4hours with a half hour of an additional drug to prevent bladder bleeding. We were NOT aware that he would be given the drugs every day for five days. To me that seemed to be a lot to administer in one round...but then again...I am of a different mindset when it comes to all this. It is no wonder that he had several days of nausea and intense vomiting and was pretty worn out by the time he got home. Thankfully though, on Thanksgiving he was more than able to hold down a lion's share of the good stuff.
He did not have any of the more serious complications that come while the drug is being administered such as extremely low blood pressure and bladder bleeding. So all in all it was more of the same of what he went through last year. All too familiar for him in fact, which I believe has made this time around a little more difficult and a lot less tolerable. Yet he made it through like a champ and will do what it takes to beat this!
One Cycle down and 3 weeks off!
Much peace to all of you!
Patty
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