A brief check-in....
Paige thought her field trip was "fun, in a weird, complicated way". She watched Jeff have blood drawn from the PortaCath, met Cindi the APRN (Dr. Sharma's RN), and Mary the Infusion RN. Jeff's blood levels have remained stable and unless something comes up we are good to go on Friday for our next treatment. Cindi tells us that Jeff's response to the first treatment is a good sign and usually indicates how well he will tolerate further treatments.
The beautiful weather this weekend allowed us to get quite a bit done outside--cut down roses, weeded and tore out the garden, edged, mowed and fertilized the yard, put away the patio furniture, blew out the sprinkler system; generally wore us out. It was the most activity Jeff had done consecutively and he did phenom; had to keep his fluids and food intake high but overall impressive. All this when his blood count is supposed to be at its lowest.
We are looking forward to next weekend as we have tickets to the U vs. Colorado State game and will be doing a little tailgating, virgin-style. Jeff will packing his chemo ball (which BTW is some cooool technology) so hopefully we will not have security complications. Our Infusion RN is also a season ticket holder and she has given us some good advice of how to manage it in public. Mom W. will be customizing a new bag to make it a little more user-friendly.
We are hoping that Mom and Dad C. will be here next weekend to spend Halloween with us. They will stay until Carl's b'day. Maybe we can get them in costume....
Cheryl, Jeff and Paige
I am glad your getting a new bag. Especially since blue wont work while tailgating at the U.
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