So we arrived on time for Matt's 7 a.m. check-in time this morning. And the nurses were so excited when we got to the third floor, so proud that they saved Matt his "old" room. So he is back in 332.
The plan was to be completely pre-registered so Matt could get started asap with chemo, which involved placing in a pic line. Well there was a mix up somewhere along the way and they didn't have him on the list downstairs to insert the line...which takes about an hour to do. So after waiting, waiting, and a little more waiting (and several phone calls to downstairs and the doctor's office) Matt finally got the pic line inserted and back upstairs to his room around noon.
Matt has had the pre-mes dripping since about 12:15 p.m. and his nurse is now starting his first bag of chemo. This time around Matt will also have eye drops four times a day to help protect his eyes from the chemo (which anyone who knows him knows he hates anything touching his eyes).
During this stay Matt will have a chemo drip for about 3 hrs. two times a day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Ideally, the bags will drip beginning at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., but they may try to shift several hours during the week so that we can get caught up from starting late today and to hopefully get us home before the New Year on Friday.
One of the first pre-drugs he was given was a steroid which made him very quickly sick at his stomach. So hopefully that won't be the norm this time around.
Thanks in advance to all those who have Matt on prayer list at their church. It made all the difference the first time around as I know it will this time. So please continue your prayers.
I'll try to update a couple of times a day while we are here this week. Enjoy your time with your families and love to you all.
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