I really do have an excellent reason for not posting in a while. Just wait, you're going to love this:
Tuesday, 12:30 PM: Run to Duke with mum, because I had a temperature that was all over the place and on the high end of the 100's. When I'm neutropenic, this is a Bad Thing, so in I troup.
Got blood drawn, found I needed platelets, no problem, there ALL BLASTED DAY getting antibiotics anyway, go home.
10:00 PM: Nice little surprise--fever again!
10:20-11:00 PM: At Wakemed getting MORE antibiotics. (Note: This was supposed to be faster than driving for an hour to get to Duke, but it took them an hour to get the antibiotics IN THE ROOM, and when they did, they barely knew what a Ferises Catheter was. I'm pretty sure you should know more than your patient, even if it is the ER, no offense, Dr. Citron.)
12:00 PM: Finally at Duke. In a Taj Mahal of a room. I'm serious. This is one of three big rooms in this ward, and it is ENORMOUS.
Wednesday: Nothing more exciting than MORE ANTIBIOTICS happened until around 10:00 PM, when I became seriously engaged with a prolific nosebleed, a bag of platelets, and muchos benadryl. I proceeded to sleep through the platelets and half the subsequent red blood until 4:00 AM or so, when I awoke, and the floodgates opened forth again (...Okay, so maybe it wasn't quite floodgates, but you get it, right?).
So I get more Blood'n'Benadryl, happiness overtakes me, and the blood is outa there before you know it.
Thursday: I am completely, totally (very much reversibly, however) unattached fom my constant companion, The Pole for most of the day, so my mum and I take a walk over to Duke Gardens a little after lunch. We find an nice sunny hill and lay there for a while just looking at the ducks and the pond and the blue heron and the trees and the sky and...Almost falling asleep too, but I won't mention that.
Gorgeous day. Whole year should be like that day. Could deal with it being about 7 degrees warmer, but apart from that, it was perfect. And Duke Gardens is a really nice place to spend a perfect day, too. I mean, at the risk of repeating my self waaaay to often...It's perfect.
Today: No fever in over 48 hours. No bleeding in over 24. Blood counts are trending upwards. Chance of getting the heck out of there by two: 100%, babe. If it wasn't, I would require a thorzine drip and several rolls of Duct Tape.
Ugh. Fever is NOT HAPPENING AGAIN, do you HEAR me??? Not. No. Never. I don't care if I get a closet for my next Chemo. NO. MORE. FEVERS.
So did you love that or what?
4 comments:
So much fun...It was simply amazing, I must do it again sometime.
Come on over to Duke while I'm in Chemo, and you'll be able to be a first-hand witness to my own stem cells being reinserted into my body. THAT is astounding.
Staring up at a cool blue sky and thinking about life is one of those experiences that you always wish you could do more often.
i hope you are done drama queening it up for now. :p
oodles of much love, as always
I loved it! LOL. Miss Laura, you honestly amaze me with everything you're doing, you're holding up really well. I'm so proud of you, good job! *hugs* Only a little more to go, and you'll be finished!!
Hope to see you soon!!!
Hugs and kisses!
Kell
P.S. I've stopped sending cards, but PLEASE tell me if you'd like me to keep sending them!!! =) =)
The very best.
Unfortunately, it was due to a complete lack of activity, punctuated by sporadic butsts of Duke visits.
That really seems to be my life these days...
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