Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Room #9211


I've been checked into my room, and the doctor team has been around to see me for the morning. They gave me a big bag of fluids to wash down the chemo I will be getting later. They have agreed to unhook me from the big pole of IV fluids if I agree to drink 2 liters everyday. Easy and well worth it. When I get fluids, it means that my catheter is hooked up to a big pole that I have to drag around with me when I go anywhere. So I have to wheel it into the bathroom with me, down to the exercise room, into the kitchen galley, etc. It is much nicer to be free to roam.

They put me in a different room this time, and the orientation is opposite of my old room. The bed and window are flipped around. It will feel more disorienting than usual until I get accustomed to it. On the other hand, I won't get bored of the room as quickly.

I'm still waiting for my chemo to arrive from the pharmacy so that they can start my treatment. As before, I'll get chemo today at 11am and 11pm. But they want to move it back to 9am and 9pm for the other days. And they plan to let me leave after the last dose on Saturday night like we did before. Since they always wake me at 4am to draw labs and weigh me, I am more than happy to forgo that extra night here in the hospital. I think they are planning to let me have a Daypass again too. I don't get any meds or fluids on days 2 and 4 so it's pretty boring to just sit around waiting until the entire next day to have chemo again. Ah, if only they could figure out how to give me this stuff at home or in the clinic. I wouldn't even need to be in the hospital at all. Now that would be great.

I'll throw in a photo of Merchants Mill Pond for today. It was really beautiful canoeing there-so tranquil with all the moss hanging from the trees and only the sound of woodpeckers rat-a-tat-tatting at the dead logs.

2 comments:

Shannon said...

Just a note to say I am thinking about you. We're still planning on coming down to the Pittsboro area this weekend for a music festival, and I got you a little "3 out of 4" care package today. However, since I seem to be succumbing to the same virus Eli has had, I will merely drop it on your doorstep rather than trying to visit.
Love you, man---let me know if I can bring you and Holly anything from Asheville!
Shannon

Moutain Doc said...

Oh you shouldn't have. Great time to be here for music though. The weather is great. No rain forecast for your w-e. I'll be out late Sat night after my chemo finishes about 11pm. I'll think of you too, having fun-taf