I woke up before seven o’clock, I couldn’t get back to sleep. We have to go to the hospital so I would have to get up at eight o’clock anyways.
Alex woke up not long after I did, I got him his breakfast. Then I had a shower and got dressed.
We left for the hospital at 9:45 a.m. We got there at 10:20 a.m., but we drove around the parking lot until 10:45 a.m. looking for a parking space.
When we got to the clinic everything was very rushed. Dr S asked how Alex was and I told her Alex had a cold and a cough. She said he might not be able to have Chemo today.
Dr. S decided after looking at Alex he would have Chemo today. She asked when he had Methotrexiate last. I told her last Monday, she said well that’ll bring his blood count down.
We went to the waiting room and waited until one o’clock for the Vincristine to come.
Lenore did the I.V. push, when she first put it in Alex said it hurt. Lenore kept putting the medicine in. after she had put almost all of it in Alex got a lump on his arm and it was as hard as a rock. Lenore said Alex will probably get a burn on his arm. She also said Alex would have to have n ice pack on his arm for the next two days. I told her that it would be very difficult since Alex probably wouldn’t do it.
We left the hospital at one thirty. All the way home Alex cried he said he didn’t want the ice pack on his arm. Lenore had put an ice pack on before we left the hospital. I told Alex to take it off it was bothering him. Alex said then I’ll get a burn. I then told him he had to make up his mind whether or not he wanted it on. He cried for quite awhile then he decided he had better keep it on.
Alex was still pretty upset by his ordeal. It really annoys me to think that something like that could happen. Lenore had hurt her back and was in agony, she shouldn’t have been working as far as I was concerned. She seems to have trouble giving Alex his Chemo. It’s funny because Martina doesn’t seem to have any trouble at all. Unfortunately we don’t get to pick which nurse we want.
When we got home Allison phoned she said the kids were having their naps so they would have to come another day.
I gave Alex his present for being so good at the hospital. He’s really good he hardly complains unless it’s very painful
After he got his present he felt much better and it got his mind off his arm. We played with waffle town most of the afternoon.
Charlie had worked the day shift and came home at four o’clock. He left for a retirement party before six o’clock.
I took Alex to McDonalds’s for dinner. I thought he deserved an extra treat. We were halfway through eating dinner when Alex decided he had to go to the bathroom. We had to bring the tray into the bathroom.
They had face painting at McDonald’s that night so Alex had two hearts painted on his face.
We came home and we played with waffle town some more.
Alex went to bed at nine o’clock.
I watched TV and went to bed after eleven o’clock.
Test
WBC 1.4
HGB 13.4
Platelets 357
ANC 896
Medicine
Bactrim 8:00 a.m. ------ 7:30 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ------ ------ 7:30 p.m.
Prednisone ------ ------ 7:30 p.m.
Temperature 36.30C 8:00 a.m.36.67C 7:30 0.m.
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