Teaching Day/Labs

Today Willie met with the nurse manager and we got instructions for tomorrow’s first day of chemo which will be a 4-5 hour ordeal. There’s quite a few chemo drugs he will have pushed and infused into his blood through the recently installed port. Then he will leave with a pump that will put chemo drugs into him for 2 1/2 days. They will unhook it after 2 1/2 days and he’ll get a break for 10 days. Then start that process all over again each 14 days for 3 more times (4 total). Today he took a pill that is supposed to help with nausea and he takes another one tonight. It all sounds pretty awful. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. Some of the side effects don’t sound fun at all. Willie’s least favorite one is that one of the drugs would affect your body in a way that if it senses any cold it could cause your throat to swell or something like that. He really likes ice and ice cream so that pretty much sucks. I guess even opening up a fridge could have this effect.

We were provided a binder with lots of important information and contacts in it. Before we met with her, a different nurse took 4 vials of blood to be tested. This will be routine prior to each round of chemo to make sure he’s healthy and can tolerate the treatment.

7/11 we will skip the free slurpee and instead go get chemo at noon o’clock. Fun photos to follow tomorrow. 👍🏻

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  1. Birdgirl44July 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM

    Good luck tomorrow!! I’ll be thinking about you both! ❤️

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