I woke up at eight thirty. I sure didn’t sleep too good last night I kept on thinking about Charlie’s mother.
I had my breakfast then Alex woke up and I made his breakfast. I had a shower and got dressed, Alex was watching TV
Mom and Dad came at eleven o‘clock, they had been at the house and unpacked some kitchen stuff. I didn‘t tell them about Charlie‘s mother, I just wasn‘t up to talking about it just yet. They asked me if I would turn the hose off. I told them I was going to the hospital this afternoon and I would turn it off when I went.
I had lunch, Alex didn‘t want anything, he said he wanted to eat at the cafeteria. I got Alex to have a shower and then we both got ready to go to the hospital.
When we got to the hospital there was no one else in the waiting room. I told the nurse when she was asking the routine questions that Alex was upset because Charlie had to go home. All Margaret said was that it was normal. Even when I told the doctor this, she didn’t even inquire as to what could be bothering Alex. I asked Dr. S about sun tan creams but she said she didn’t know anything about it. She said everyone should wear sun tan lotion and it should be applied half an hour before going out into the sun. It should be reapplied two hours later. Dr. S also said people shouldn’t go out into the sun between ten a.m. and 3:30 p.m. she said that Alex should be using the strongest degree. I told her that I had heard after 15 it didn’t make any difference. She said she didn’t know. Dr. S said she was going to increase Alex’s Methotrexiate to 6 pills weekly. She then told us she would order his chemo and to wait in the waiting room.
Alex and I went to the pharmacy, which they told us there would be a forty five minute wait. We went back to the clinic and it wasn’t long before Alex had his medicine. Margaret was giving Alex his chemo, she said she replaced Martina who had gone somewhere else. She then told us that the clinic was moving upstairs. I said I’m glad I found out or we would have come and there would have been no one here. Alex was really good he held quite still even though at first he didn’t want Margaret to look at his arm.
Evelyn and Joan told us that the clinic was to be moved to the second floor, they said when you get off the elevator you turn left then right and go through the blue doors.
We went to the pharmacy to get Alex’s pills after we finished at the clinic. The pills still weren’t ready, she said another fifteen minutes. We walked around for awhile then they were finally ready.
We went to the mall to get Alex’s prize for being so good, Alex wanted Siren, he’s a transformer. We got home at four thirty, Mom had phoned but I waited until after we had dinner to phone. I told Mom about Charlie’s mother she was pretty shocked. I was afraid she would cry but she didn’t.
After dinner Alex played with his transformer. I got him ready for bed at eight o’clock. Alex didn’t want to go to bed but it’s better for him to get more rest the first week after he has gone to the hospital. I watched TV and went to bed at eleven o’clock.
Tests
WBC 5.0
HGB 14.4
Platelets 354
ANC 4250
Medication
Methotrexiate ------ ------ 5:30 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ------ ------ 5:30 p.m.
Prednisone ------ ------ 5:30 p.m.
Temperature 36.46 9:00 a.m.
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