Sunday, February 28, 2010

2/28 Last Day of Chemo - Cycle 2

Will be in the hospital for 2 weeks total, but today is the last day of chemo infusions for this round. In this video Tree has taken over the communication since I have been sleeping lots. The IV is beeping in the background. It does this with the mass of chemo that is happening.



Katie explains the way the cycles are numbered. Day 1 = the first day of chemo of the cycle ... usually the cycle is 21 days, where the count starts over. The day number counts the number of days since chemo started. This helps measure where Allen's blood counts may bottom out and he is more succeptible to infections and other opportunistic germs.

Cycle 2 day 2

Today was a pretty miserable day as far as nausea goes. They say the side effects are cumulative, so this round is worse than last and they expect the next to be worst still :( . We will work with the drs and nurses to make sure I am not completely miserable!

Here is today's (2/27) video

Friday, February 26, 2010

Cycle 2 Day1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mTLP8T6z8

Wicked Wednesday

We went to Wicked on Wednesday. Enjoyed the show very much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqHmPfNmuk

On Long Island for a few days....

We have been relaxing for about 12 days. Here's a little video of me at my neice's house "kicking it".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtCzZG27Zxw

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Leaving the hospital after 18 days



No IV on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

This one is a little long, just sitting in the hospital, I feel pretty good, so the hospital days feel much longer while we wait.