Chemo, Round II

We're back at University Hospital in day two / round two of biochemo therapy.  So far, Bill is holding his own.  He is sleeping quite a bit, which is how he prefers to spend his time in the hospital.  His attitude is, just give me something to put me to sleep and wake me when it's time to go home.  Currently we are in a semi private room, so I am unable to stay overnight, but I am here all day with him.  

The therapy is pretty standardized.  He is given a series of 5 drugs over the course of 5 days.  They monitor his vital signs and blood work pretty closely and then if all goes as planned, he goes home on day six.  

Here's an interesting note, the oncology "team" has established a new protocol for removing the central line thanks to Bill's incident .  New plan, the central line will be removed at the hospital before discharge and a peripheral line will be used to administer the IV fluids at home.  So, the home health care nurse will be responsible only for the removal of that peripheral line (in his arm as opposed to a main artery) hopefully lowering the possibility for additional drama.   

According to the original plan,  after this round of chemo he is to have another PET scan to determine if the therapy is working.  Hopefully that will be the case, not that we want two more rounds of the biochemo, but it beats the alternative.  In the meantime, we're hanging in there, taking things a day at a time.  It's pretty peaceful here, and I'm taking advantage of the time to catch up on my reading, nothing too heavy or thought provoking though.  

As always, thanks for your continued support.  We love hearing from you and appreciate your positive thoughts and prayers.  Holly