After sedation recovery. He likes for them to wrap him up and to ride in the wheelchair while he wakes up. It was beautiful outside, so we sat outside a while. |
Sedation prep for MRI. |
in training, but he had the results, and he was the one that listened to me about the pantamodine and thought it was a reasonable assumption about the ANC drop. He said he would talk to Dr. Robinson. So, when Robinson came in he said that it was fine to switch him and hopefully keep him getting the full doses of chemo. So, he got pantaomdine today. He did not offer to look at the scans, and didn’t offer to talk to Vic on speaker phone, which he usually does. He is very nice, but I think when it comes down to the brass tacks, he wants to talk to Vic. I think he can sense the intellectual gap between us, and figures whatever I don't’ get, Vic can explain it to me on our own time. But, I suspect at this point, we are pretty low priority because we are not part of any research - and this is a research hospital. So, it is going to be interesting as we go along. Eli recovered from sedation for the MRI just fine. He is getting chemo now, and I am hopeful that we will not have the excruciating cramping during the night that he had last time. I am pushing his fluids much more, and was able to push him after the MRI yesterday. I am hopeful that, that was the problem last time because it is easily remedied. We also got to see the therapy dogs yesterday. Eli petted them this time, he usually won’t. Then we just watched SpongeBob and played video games for the evening.
Chemo should wrap up about 3:30, then we will head home. Unless he has a bad night, we are headed to Birmingham tomorrow for a race at Barber Motor speedway featuring Mustangs. I have been trying, since I think last summer, maybe, to put together a slide show of Eli's first treatment (not knowing that it would be obsolete!), so I really wanted to finish it. It is not as great as I had hoped, just because I am not using a great slideshow app, and I don't have time or brain power to learn one, plus I know nothing about music, so that has been a major hang-up. But, I tried to post it on You Tube, so hopefully you can see it. It is 16 minutes long, so know that up front. View it here. Thank you for all the prayers. It has been so comforting these last few days to watch the posts coming in and to read your precious thoughts.
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