March 11,2009

Well, where should I start ? Yesterday went just fine. After check-in to the hospital (we got a bed by the window!) the nurse started Luke on fluids because they need four hours of hydration before starting Chemo. Then Luke climbed into a little go-cart and our Nurse, Mom and Dad all went for a trip to the audioligist. One of the side-effects of one of the types of Chemo is hearing loss (high pitched sounds... like Mom's voice, LOL). That was fun, we all got into a sound proof booth, Luke had on headphones and everytime he heard a sound he put a plastic dinosaur in a cup. He passed with flying colors, so back to our room. Daddy went home later in the afternoon and the first Chemo IV bag hung high on what Luke calls his "Buddy"(the IV cart). That was non-eventfull, he felt fine over the next hour, then came the second type of Chemo, with the same results! Good news, no nausea or anything:)
This morning Luke watched cartoons and ate cherrio's with rasins and bannanas. He had to go pee-pee a lot with all those fluids pumping in ! Then at lunch we has visitors ! Auntie Jennifer,Veda,Joseph and Gracie came full of smiles out of the elevator. After we ate our lunch we all headed down the hall to the playroom. Luke pushed his "buddy"swiftly down the hall, excited to show the kids his special place to play at the hospital. And play they did. I had never seen the playroom get so much use! We had out games, tractors, blocks, puzzles, all kinds of stuff, Lots of fun. This session of Chemo was only one medication, it ran for one hour and that was it. Luke didn't want dinner at all. He didn't eat any of his lunch either. The nurse said that's pretty tipical. He got a little fiesty near bed-time when I changed his bandages on his broviac. It was red and irritated the nurse said he might be allergic to the tape or cleaning solution we are using. We tried a different type, now we will pray it looks better in the morning.