We are officially done with the first treatment of chemotherapy! It was a long two days so it's hard to imagine what the 5 day stays will be like. Jake only had to have one infusion on Saturday before we could go home but he couldn't get it until around 2:00pm so we waited around for 2:00pm to come. While we were waiting Jake had two special visitors. They were clowns from the Big Apple Circus! One of them blew bubbles while the other played the ukulele and sang a song about Jake. They were pretty funny and had Jake laughing and having a good time.
We made it home by 5:30 after stopping by the pharmacy to get all of his new medications. He has a pain medication since he is very soar from the port placement and also from the bone marrow aspirations. He has to take an antibiotic every Saturday and Sunday (twice a day), and he has two different anti-nausea medications. Starting on Tuesday we will be giving him a shot every day in between hospital stays. The shots will tell his bones to increase production so that he will recover faster from the chemo. Jake is doing so well with all of this, but he sure does suck that he has to do it. :-(
Thinking and praying for you guys everyday. Thanks for sharing! Sherry Smith
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