Saturday, Feb 8th, 2020……
I ended up with a pretty good night’s sleep. Rylee has taken over
Grammy’s spot on the bed! I did my dog
walk and then went out and got coffee and breakfast. I did some cleaning up
around the house and sorted some clothes for the laundry and then headed off to
Corvallis. I spent most of the day there with Lydia. She was doing well but had
a few issues with a little fever and some chills. The team of doctors and
assistants came by and gave her some more info. They will begin today with
everything – all of it done here in the hospital. First up is an ecg to make sure her heart is
strong enough for the chemo, followed by the installation of the port. There
were some issues with the port because they don’t normally do these minor surgeries
on the weekend. They wanted to do a pick line instead but she can’t have that
because of her kidney. So, they called in that surgical team and got her
downstairs for that port procedure toward the end of the day. I had left but my
sister was there and said she did fine. After a bit, Lydia was tired and sleepy
so Sis went home for the evening. When I
left, I stopped by Arby’s and picked up something for dinner and ate that later
and settled in for the night.
Sunday, Feb 9th, 2020…… This morning my sister and I tag-teamed
our visit. We took separate cars and met at Shirley May’s for breakfast, and
then went to the hospital. Today was the first round of chemo. Penny stayed for
a while and then left to do some errands while she was in Corvallis. The plan
at this time is for 3 rounds of chemo. Each time she will be admitted to the
hospital for 5 days and will be in a bed with the drip bags each containing one
of the 5 different drugs in her program. The first round started today. They
prepped her and started. She is doing really well and is expected to be relaxed
and can watch tv or sleep. The iv bags run 24 hours but she can get up to use the
bathroom (with some assistance) and can eat normally (right now she’s on a
renal diet). I am personally happy that
they are doing it this way because its one-stop-shopping for her and with a
minimum of effort. The other route involved coming and going to daily 8 to
12-hour appointments like my sister had to do. And it is easy for me to make a trip to the
hospital rather than moving her back and forth there each time.
I stayed
for most of the day but left when she started in to a deep sleep. I got home
and fed Rylee and fixed myself some dinner and then did four loads of laundry
while I watched some of my taped races until bedtime. I did call her and check in and she said she
was doing fine but was tired so I didn’t keep her long.
Monday, Feb 10th, 2020……
Today, the weather was really
nice. There are no showers in the forecast for the first part of the week. I
got going pretty early this morning and got Rylee walked and fed, then made
myself some breakfast. Then I headed off to the hospital. Lydia was doing well
and was feeling just a slight pain in her ankle. She said they have been giving
her Tylenol, and oxycodone when she needs it, but the pain is diminishing which
they said would happen. I stayed with her most of the morning and until she ate
and was resting and napping. She has talked to a lot of folks and keeps her
phone on and charged. I went home and let Rylee out for a run and then left to go meet sis and Bill and Debbie at Schmizza's for an early 'linner' and a few beers. Thanks, Bill! We had a nice visit. They are heading back to Calif. tomorrow. Afterwards, I came home and relaxed and watched tv
and finally went to bed and fell asleep pretty quickly.
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