Last Tuesday was our clinic day. : ) We got the kids off to school, packed everything up, left Benson for Bryson to drop off at a friend's because he was still asleep when we left, and headed over to Boise.
When we got there, I was looking over Kayla's med sheet, which I do each time, and I realized that I had forgotten to put on sleepy cream! Oh no! I totally forgot about it! We have been coming weekly for almost a year and this is the first time I spaced it. So, nurse Heather came out and got us and she put sleepy cream on Kayla's port and we headed back out to the lobby. She told us they would wait 45 minutes before accessing her port. Sigh. That would lengthen our day. Kayla did get checked in (she STILL won't stand on the scale alone and she STILL refuses to have her height measured) and we met with Marnie before she was accessed.
We didn't talk about anything too exciting. Kayla looks great and is doing great. I think our most recent miracle is that everyone in the family had been sick with something: a cough, sore throat, throwing up, fever, etc. for the past two weeks. . . except Kayla. She has had nothing. I was even sick for a couple of days. I am so grateful for that tender mercy.
When the 45 minutes was up, Kayla got accessed and we waited to hear about her counts to see if she could start her next cycle of chemo. We got the thumbs up from Marnie after a little while and headed back to the chemo suite! They are doing lots of construction at the clinic right now and the chemo suite is about twp-thirds of the size it was (which was pretty crowded already). We found a little spot and did our thing.
Kayla watched part of a movie, ate lunch, did some projects. . . the usual. There was an older boy there that needed a breathing treatment, but there was no space available for him. Penny, the chemo nurse, didn't want him to do it around Sadie, and since we were the only other people on that side of the suite, we went out to the lobby and played for awhile while he got that.
It was actually nice to be out in the lobby for awhile because it is nice and open out there. Miss Jenn brought Kayla a little Lego Friends set that we spent time putting together. Jenn told Kayla that she would keep this set at the clinic for a few weeks, so Kayla could play with it there, but then she could take it home. Nice! We love Lego Friends. :)
We went back to the chemo suite and hung out there for the rest of the time. Before we left, Kayla told me that she wanted to give Jenn a hug. All of the nurses and staff have tried super hard to win Kayla over and Jenn is always asking Kayla for a hug, but she always refuses. So, when we were walking out to leave, Kayla went over to Jenn and have her a big hug! Jenn was so surprised! It totally made her day. :)
We drove home, and continued on with our busy night.
I have been so excited about the new anti-nausea medication because it worked so well last time. When Kayla woke up on Wednesday morning, she didn't feel really good. She ran to the bathroom several times thinking she would throw up, but never really did. So, off and on during the day she felt better and worse. I was so bummed! I don't know why it didn't work as well. When we were at the clinic, a couple of the pharmacists came and asked me how it was working and I had told them it was great. I guess we'll see how it works next time.
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