Wednesday was the beginning of Round 2 of Eden's treatment. We are thankful that we were able to begin on that day as that allowed us to return to our regular Dr.'s clinic day (with whom we have become fairly attached). Starting out in the clinic, we had Eden's port assessed, labs drawn, lumbar puncture, met with Drs and then were admitted for IV therapy. This is routine for the chemo Eden will be receiving periodically throughout her treatment.
Our room was not ready when we arrived to the floor; so, Eden and I had the opportunity to go out for lunch. I almost felt like it was a normal "girls day out"; however, we were at the 1st floor cafeteria. (Hey, it was still a lunch date!) It was about 3:30 when we sat down to eat and Eden had not eaten since 6 am--she had done wonderfully well!!!!! It helps that this was a non-steroid week!
Arriving to the floor, Eden was full of smiles. She was excited when I sat her on the bed . . . her request was, "football on." Dad explained to her that they could probably find some basketball, but she was not buying it. This was the beginning of an entirely different trip to the hospital. During our prior two visits, Eden was content sitting in bed reading books or watching movies. Not this time! Being "healthy", she discovered the buttons on the bed--up, down, light on, light off. She also found a captive audience with anyone who walked near the room . . .she was laughing so hard that we had nurses coming in to see what the commotion was all about. She was still awake at 10 pm. as our favorite night nurse, Emily, had just come in to see her.
Thursday was a pretty great day. Eden had art class . . . finger painting. All the hand washing has worn off as none of the patients were interested in putting fingers in the paint. Sponge painting was the preferred method instead. Ha - aren't kids funny?
On Thursday Eden did get sick a little from this new round of chemo. We will be giving this drug at a different time of day to avoid the nausea. Please pray with us that the evening treatments will do the "trick."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Great day! Great news! It is wonderful to hear her laughter and being back to 'normal' so to speak. We continue our prayers daily and hoping that changing the chemo to evening will help the nausea problem. She seems to be doing so well with treatments, and we can still see her smile and hear her laughter when you visited us at Christmas. God be with you through all these days. Hugs and love, Aunt Mary and Uncle Heinz
ReplyDelete