We had a good time today. We stopped by Poppy's Donuts in Richmond to pick up some goodies for the clinic staff - front desk, nurses, lab folks, etc. This was our little way of saying thanks and to let them in our anniversary celebration. The doughnuts were yummy!!
Treatment went smoothly. Today was one of my short days. I got to go straight to infusion - no doctor visit today - and it's an off day for Herceptin. That means my morning looked a like this.
Treatment went smoothly. Today was one of my short days. I got to go straight to infusion - no doctor visit today - and it's an off day for Herceptin. That means my morning looked a like this.
- Arrive - check in with the front desk, get my paperwork, distribute doughnuts and napkins.
- Wait for a few minutes
- Get called back to the infusion area
- Deliver doughnuts to staff
- Weight and blood pressure checked. Sent to MY chair. ;-)
- Port area cleaned and sterilized
- Port accessed (stuck with big needle)
- Blood drawn
- Wait on blood test results
- All clear on the blood tests, Pre-meds administered (including steroid and Benadryl)
- Once pre-meds completed, Taxol hooked up with 1 hour infusion.
- Chat with the nurses a bit.
- Exit stage right.
We laughed A LOT! Short days are good. We were out by 11 ( with an 8:30 start). I was even able to sneak in about 45 minutes of sleep before the kids got home.
Next week will be a bit longer since I will see the doc first but no herceptin so that knocks off some time. We're getting closer my friends!!
Love to all,
Andee