We were talking to Mary Jo's nurse, Alice, about yesterday's blog post "Chemo Cocktails and "Peeing In The Hat", and how the toilet hat used for measuring output could be transformed into a Derby hat. Alice used her ingenuity to try to accomplish this with Mary Jo's "hat". Alice even put a likeness of a Derby horse on the hat with Mary Jo's initials.
A little later in the morning a wonderful gentleman named Bob Lauderdale, who is a volunteer at Vanderbilt Hospital, asked if he could play a some music for us. Mr.Lauderdale played the hamonica and the guitar at the same time. He played a couple of Civil War era songs and Moon River for us.
I can remember watching the Andy Williams Show many, many years ago and hearing him sing "Moon River". Definitely, one of my favorites.
As the day went along, the hours and hours of infusion with hydration and the chemo drugs started to take their toll on Mary Jo. She got tireder and tireder. Her face became puffy, and a skin rash developed from her face to her midriff. She also had some pain in her adominal area. These are side effects of both Cytoxan and Etoposide.
Chemo drugs are like being in the ring with a big, savvy, heavyweight boxer. They don't have that lightning speed knockout punch. They just keep hitting you with those solid body punches. One after another, round after round, they finally take their toll.
When we got back to the apartment, Mary Jo ate a little bit for dinner and went to bed. We will back bright and early tomorrow to go a few more rounds with that tag team heavyweight called Etoposide and Cytoxan. We rely on our faith and trust in God, ourselves and the transplant process to carry us through. We got to get up and move forward, if we are gonna fly.
Please keep those prayers coming we need them more than ever. The first two rounds have shown us that we are in a tough fight here.
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