Mary Jo is feeling much better this morning. She slept much better last night, and the rash has went away. The nurse practioner said that the redness was most likely flushing from the steroids that she is being given, or a combination of both, rather than strictly a reaction to the chemo since it disappeared over night.
These first four days of chemo are like marathons. They start her off with 2 100ml bags of hydration (sodium chloride) at 7:30am. After about an hour, they start her on the Etoposide and then the Cytoxan. They unhooked the IVs from her catheter at around 4:30pm yesterday. A very long day.
They are going to change the dressing on her catheter today. The dressing is supposed to be changed every seven days. It was changed in the oncoligist's office in Louisville last Thursday. She is taking an antbacterial antibiotic called Ceftin daily until the Hickman catheter is removed after the transplant .
They are also going to take out the stitch that was put in when the catheter was installed. They want to do this before her platelet level drops, and even minor bleeding can become serious.
I hope that the weather prognosticators are wrong about the forecast for Derby Day. Our yougest son, Brent, is a Louisville Metro Police officer. He is assigned to the infield detail at Churchill Downs for the first time this year in his 13 years as a police officer. It could be because of increased security this year. Brent is also on the riot squad.
The rain might cut down on the size and the exuberance of the normally rowdy infield crowd. Praying that for a great and safe Derby.
This is a sad day in Nashville, George Jones' funeral is at the Grand Opry House at 10am. Here's a tribute to the The Possum. More on our day later.
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