Short Version: Brace is starting to get a fever and feel gross. Today he threw up twice so the crashing has already started. Actually he started on Wednesday to get sick and throw up again. Round five of chemo ended on Thursday.
Wednesday, Jan 29th
I called Dr. Carroll this morning and convinced him to give him 4 treatments of hydration through his port that might help him not puke this weekend and next week. Today we had his nuepogen shot and then Saturday-tomorrow), Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have hydration. As I said above, throwing up started today.
Chemo treatment 5.2 was today. Unlike day 1 of chemo it only lasts 2 hours. Thank you to Del Stringham for driving him there and Steve Tanner for bringing him back. Driving helps Karen have time to exercise or run errands but most importantly it reminds Brace that we have an amazing group of people that love and support him.
At about 6:30pm Jalane Hong came to bring meds that she picked up for Brace at the Walmart pharmacy. She stayed a short time and we chatted. Actually she probably just listened while I talked. :)
At 7:30pm Ammon Harps came over to pack the Glee car to get it ready to for Lake Arrowhead tomorrow. Thank you to Ryan and Erin Webber for taking out the trash even at a late hour. The boys usually do it but I'm guessing you made it happen this time.
Thursday, Jan 30th
We started the day at the opthamologist, Dr. Jacobs. The expensive Muro 128 ointment, for his eyes, came from Amazon on Tuesday. After using for this short time his eye has already started to heal and the redness disappear. Dr. Jacobs says he can use the ointment as often as he likes.
While we were at the eye doctor, Ammon came to take the car to go to the lake house. The car was filled with curtains, curtain rods, 24 pillows, and 10 towel sets. He worked with Martin all day along with Charles and Ryan. Charles is our Lake Arrowhead realtor's son. Ammon and Charles got the marble sealed, the granite sealed, the curtain rods tested, the two security cameras on the deck connected to my phone, the ring doorbell working and more.
At 12pm, Brace had 5.3 chemo treatment at Irvine, Hoag infusion center. Thanks to Corey Procuniar for driving him there and Ed Mauss for driving him back.
At 5:30pm Cathy Taylor treated me to a pedicure in Foothill Ranch. We scheduled it over a month ago. What a treat to visit with her and get away for an hour. Thank you Cathy.
Friday, Jan 31st
The nuepogen shot was this morning at the infusion center. (If you are new to the blog, this shot encourages his body to make white blood cells.) The nurses know that the infusion chairs are too little for Brace, so they took him to the one bed they have at the infusion center. Then when they realized that it was just a shot they moved him to an infusion chair. The nurse knew we were coming and she put the needle and chemical in a warm blanket before we came. She said the shot hurts if you put it in your body cold. Who knew? We were in and out. It was great but Brace felt absolutely awful all morning. Right when we got to the car in the parking lot, he started violently throwing up.
Right when we drove up to the house, Michelle Stevens, was there to greet us. We are buying so many things for the lake house that we have a lot of packages that need to be returned too. Michelle offered to come drop them off at UPS for me. It is always fun to catch up with Michelle.
I had planned to see Adam Cox, my voice student, in his show at Mission Viejo High School, but Brace wasn't doing well enough. James, my son-in-law, showed up at the house with yummy sushi for dinner. Brace actually had a slice of sushi and he said he could taste 20% of it. Unfortunately an hour after he ate it, he started violently throwing up again. It seems like it is connected to the sushi, but we think puking is just part of the after chemo experience.
When James came over he brought a gift from Michael and Kim Rapier with a cute card and the red baseball hat. Oh how that made us laugh....
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