As of 2pm Josh had ate 2 popsicles and 10 crackers so he is coming home later tonight. We have to be back at the oncologist office tomorrow for a shot of Neulasta. Monday he will get a bleo treatment This post was posted on Wednesday July 2, 2008 at 6:50PM
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Chemo: Round 2 / Day 5
So round 2 of chemo is done, halfway through! Josh wasn’t able to keep any food down today so the doctor decided to keep him at the hospital until they get the nausea under control. So far he has added one more med for the nausea, Emend which is like the Zofran in terms of …
Today
The nurse today who is my favorite got the doctor to give something stronger for the nausea and she told him how important it is to eat. He ate a few crackers and a few bites of hashbrown casserole! This post was posted on Tuesday July 1, 2008 at 12:40PM
Round 2 chemo
I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated. We came back to the hospital at 8am on Friday for the start of round 2 of chemotherapy. They didn’t start the chemo until almost 5pm. We were quite upset that we had to get there so early for nothing. Thankfully his mood changed when we …
Visiting hours & messages
A few people have asked when visiting hours are at the hospital, since Josh is going to be on the oncology unit there are no visiting hours there. You can visit anytime however he normally goes to sleep around 9 or 10 pm. Also, all of the messages we get on here I have been …
Yesterdays surgery
Yesterday Josh had surgery to insert the port. We arrived at 10am for surgery that was scheduled for 11:15 but as usual they were running behind. He didn’t get taken back for surgery until 12:15. Surgery went well, no complications. We were able to leave around 2pm. Josh had been talking about a slurpee all …
Surgery tomorrow
Yesterday was another good day followed by another bad day today for Josh. We are both very anxious about tomorrows surgery. We have to be there at 10:15 in the morning but surgery is not schedule until about 11:15. This post was posted on Sunday June 22, 2008 at 4:42PM
Weekly chemo treatment
Today was a very busy day for us! Josh has his weekly Bleo treatment this morning at 9am. Once we got into the office we noticed that Josh had hair all over his shirt. Yep, his hair started falling out bad today! Dr. Schertz was concerned about Josh’s blood counts, they are down some. He …
Another surgery
Yesterday we had a consulation appointment with Dr. Tershak at Carilion Ambulatory Surgery regarding Josh’s port. He will be having surgery next Monday at 10:15 to put the portacath in. This will be a great surgery since Josh is so scared of needles. The next appointment is this Friday for the weekly round of chemo. …
Neulasta shot
Josh got the neulasta shot on Wednesday. It’s supposed to bring his WBC count back up closer to normal so he won’t be at such a high risk for infection which is really important since I work in an er. Wednesday was also supposed to be my first day back at work since last Thursday, …