Anticipation...

Can you hear Carly Simon singing? It's the first thing that popped into my head when Nanc described her feelings about round 3. When I got home from work and saw the anxiety in her shoulders, I knew she wasn't what you would call "excited" about the proposition of two chemo treatments in a 24 hour period. Imagine that!!

Anyway, once we got here, got the scheduling conflicts worked out, got settled with Erin, one of her
favorite nurses, (I need to take her picture!) the first IV treatment went just fine. Especially after the IV Benadryl!

So Wednesday morning brings the IP treatment with the platinum drug. There is still some muscular discomfort that we think is a hold-over from the surgery that pops up when they start the IP infusion. It takes some maneuvering to get comfortable but some pillows and a silly romantic comedy seem to help.

Allow me to introduce the next of Nancy's angels, nurse Cyndy (not a typo.) You want to talk about a nurse that can make you feel at ease and comfortable, she is the one! A very cool mother of three, she's been doing this a long time and is just amazing at dealing with curve balls and sliders. Her abilities went a long way in making today a much better day than it could have been. Nanc used the term "motherly" to describe her and then broke into tears when she started thinking about her own mom and, I am sure, her battle with cancer...

So we got home early and are awaiting Sara, the acupuncturist, for treatment #2. Atley called from the Dr.'s office himself today and has a fever of 102 and a nasty case of pharyngitis. Guess he won't be visiting any time too soon...

So I started this post at about 10:15 this morning and it's now almost 8 pm. That's how the days go sometimes...

More tomorrow.

xoxo