Friday Night

Well the three hours at Emory Crawford Long turned into seven today. First they took Geri's blood and urine samples and we waited 90 mins. for the results to come back from the lab before they would start the saline drip. By about 2:00pm we were through, infusion needles removed from the ports, packed up and just about to leave when they decided they were a little concerned about Geri's bladder and wanted to give another batch of the bladder conditioner (thats an engineering description not a medical term) they had administered at the end of the chemo the previous four days. Consequently, we finally got out of there at about 4:15pm.

They have also arranged for a home visit by a nurse to infuse saline and bladder conditioner tomorrow and to train me to do a further saline infusion on Sunday (I guess all the nurses must go to church on Sundays).

Geri has been tired today from the chemo and I gave her the Neulasta shot for her bone marrow when we got home which may also make her bones ache for the next four days. Chemo is not for wimps.

Sister Cindy had a nice day shopping and got herself five pairs of shoes but didn't manage to find a nice purse in Phipps Plaza. We are so glad she is here to help, tomorrow we put her to work.