Dad's doing well with the chemo treatment. They didn't get started until around 9:00 and his new port is working well. He had to have quite a few pre-chemo iv drugs...some anti-nausea stuff, benadryl, just routine things. He's currently on the first of 4 drugs today....it's Rituxan and it takes the longest...4 hours (I believe it...the iv drip is going 1 drop every 5-6 seconds).
Dad is currently zoned out...sleeping..from the benadryl....so that helps him pass the time. He woke up to go to the bathroom and then put his headset on to listen to his music and is again sleeping. Hopefully his snoring doesn't get too loud! If it does, I guess the others will just have to get used to it!
So all is going well. They have to monitor his kidneys as one of the chemicals puts stress on them...so they just have to monitor his output. I can see by the machine that his blood pressure is doing good...116 over 69.
It's pretty busy here in the chemo area...currently 10 people. They just bumped up the speed at which the rituxan is dripping. They have to start off slower to help keep any side effects down. Guess that's it for now. I'll post again later.
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tell him to keep up the good work!
ReplyDeletewill do, Matt, thanks. I'll tell him when he wakes up!
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