It has been a long day, my friends.
Today was the last day of chemo.
When I arrived here at 8.15 this morning, my mom had a fever of 102. Apparently, my mom was having the chills and shakes all night, poor thing, and could hardly sleep. We called Dr. Paroly's office and they suggested that we come in right away. When we got there our lovely Paula took charge of my mom, took her temperature, gave her an extra bag of fluid, gave her some Tylenol for the fever, hooked her up to her chemo, called in her antibiotics to the pharmacy and made some appointments for her over at Tri-City to get some blood cultures so that they could find out what type of infection my mom has. Paula let us know that the infection definitely had nothing to do with her WBC count...she said that there is a "bug" going around, so my mom just may have a wee bit of a cold.
Paula gave me some strict orders in regards to taking care of my mom...I just hope my dad follows them too...he's kinda a rule breaker! hahaha
Anyway, Paula's orders aren't that strict. I need to giver her 2 Tylenol every four to six hours, take her temp every four to six hours and give her tons of fluids. No biggie.
So, we finished chemo, my mom got the Neulasta and off we went to Tri-City. Surprisingly, we weren't there for very long. We checked in at the Out Patient desk and five or so minutes later we were off to get blood drawn. I think, in total, we were there for a little under an hour. wow.
I really don't know when we will receive the blood test results but you can bet that I will keep you all posted.
Now we are home and my mom is sleeping after I feed her a big ol honkin bowl of Chicken and Stars soup and loaded her up on meds and Gatorade. Ah..sweet sleep...im going to join her!
I hope that everyone has a happy Friday and an awesome weekend!
Send out the good vibes and love for a speedy recovery for our little Kazza!
hugs to you
xx
ps. i just took her temp and it is...drum roll, please....98.8! here's to hoping it stays that way!
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3 comments:
Well I sure hope she gets better soon. I will come visit when she's all better. Keep loadin' her up with the goods.
Lovee,
meee <33-j
...so she is okay? you staying the night there? Oh..I no like her being sick...!
love you
Aunt Nancy
Hey there,
Hope the soup etc has worked its magic. better hurry and get better the fish are biting like crazy over here. Got limit on Saturday but no crays not in our pots anyway. Sea lovely and flat, just want to remind you what you are missing!!!!Not nice aye but heres hoping its inspiration!!!!. Have forwarded email To Sal as requested. keep up the good work Michelle.
Lots love Joy and Bryce
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