Can't wait to go home

Chemo - Day 9

We are still expecting to go home on Friday. She gets her last Chemo for this Induction Cycle on Friday morning at 10:35 a.m. She will be able to go home if she isn’t running a fever and has a general sense of well being.

She was sick again a couple of times today. The Chemo seems to be causing this since she is no longer on the Decadron. The Decadron helps with nausea, but was causing the high blood pressure.

She also hasn’t had a bowel movement in about 5 days. This is causing her a great deal of discomfort, plus she is having terrible acid reflux, which is causing her to have heart burn. She is complaining about the heart burn a lot, so they gave her a pill to help ease it.

They also gave her something to help her go to the bathroom.

She also has a nasty cough that has been persistent for a few days now. They sent her down stairs today for a chest X-ray to make sure she isn’t coming down with anything.

She had a tough night today, very emotional. She didn’t want to get out of bed, wouldn’t take a shower. She seems to be feeling a bit depressed. Pam and Dani have been her night nurses the last week or so. They are wonderful and very protective of Jordan. Pam seems to be able to get her thinking a bit more clearly and tends to have some luck bringing her spirits back up.

No more Motrin, it has been discontinued. She isn’t complaining about back pain, which is a good sign. It means the Chemo has worked on the tumors and they must not be pressing on her back any more. Thank goodness. This doesn’t mean she is in remission yet. But at least she is relieved of the pain.