Hi All!
Gina & I got back from Columbus last night at about 10:00 p.m. We would
have been home a little sooner, but we had to stop to get some
prescriptions filled before we left Columbus. We wouldn't have made it
back in time to get to the Marion pharmacy before it closed.
Everything went pretty well, considering . . . On Wednesday, we got to
the hospital at about 8:30 a.m. My surgery was supposed to be at 10:45,
but I didn't get called from the waiting room until then. Then in the
surgery area, it was the usual stuff. Questions and questions about
this
& that. Several different people ask the same questions.
I had a problem with high blood pressure while I was waiting - since I
hadn't been able to take my medicines in the morning as usual (no food
or
drink after midnight). They ended up giving me some blood pressure
medicine thru the IV, and the pressure came down enough for them to
bring
me into surgery.
I had thought I was going to have general anesthesia, but it turned out
just to be local, so I heard all that was going on. I was given
something to relax me, so I wasn't bothered by the surgery. I also had
to turn my head to the opposite side and they put a drape over my head,
so I couldn't have seen anything even if I wanted to. The procedure
took
approximately 30 minutes. They said that I handled the surgery very
well.
I got to the recovery room at about 1:20 - I'm not sure when the surgery
actually started since I didn't have my watch or my glasses. I really
missed my glasses. All the people milling around and saying hello, and
I
couldn't even make out their faces. It put me at quite a disadvantage.
I had to stay in the recovery room longer than necessary because they
didn't have a room ready for me. I think it was about 3:00 before I got
to the room. As soon as Gina walked in, I asked for my eyeglasses. Oh,
it was so nice to see again!
Not much happened for the next hour or two. I was anxious to get the
chemo started! First I had to receive a saline IV (for about 2-3
hours),
then I received the first chemo drug - cisplatin. It took about 2 hours
for the cisplatin to run through the IV, then they gave me the
adriamycin. The adriamycin had to run much slower. It ran for about 20
hours. Once it was done, we were soon on the road.
On Thursday, I vomited twice. I had a terrible headache come on, then
began to get nauseous. Once I vomited, I felt much better - no nausea
or
headache. I vomited just a little this morning. I've been pretty
sleepy
today and didn't feel much like eating this afternoon. I just ate some
lunch since I'm feeling a little better right now.
I'll maybe write more later. I'm getting tired again.
Mom - I got the hat. It looks really nice and it fits!
Linda & Jim - your package also arrived. One of the bottles of liquid
spilled, but it was contained to the plastic bag. I don't know which
thing spilled; we haven't cleaned it up yet.
Love,
Annie
Everything is going well here. Last night I burned the midnight oil to
finish up my disk of chemo info. for Annie. I'm putting it in the mail
today. I figure I'll make her a psychological support-type of disk, too
(maybe even keep a copy for myself!). Tom, the kids, and I are fine.
Shannon shocked up this morning when, as she was watching t.v., she
cried, "Eww-w-w! They french kissed!" Tom and I were, fo course,
shocked because we know she's never heard that term from us. We asked
her if she knew what it meant and she said, "Yes, someone kisses you on
the top of you head." We asked her where (at 6-1/2-yrs.-old) she had
heard that term. Turns out her older buddy Alex had mentioned it while
referring to his much older sister and her boyfriend. I can already see
that keeping ahead of what the kids learn from their buddies is going to
be a tough assignment!
-Jean
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