Today is Monday, and Mom's immune system should be at its lowest point today. She is in a lot of pain. Her mouth is so dry and swollen and there are sores in it everywhere. One thing Dr. Jeong told us to watch for was bleeding. Her platelets should be very low, so her blood won't clot. Her nose is so dry, it's bleeding a little inside. She had an appointment at the Cancer Center today.
They took her blood, then put her in a room to see Dr. Jeong. Mom sat on the table/bench thing, laid down on her side and covered up with her coat. "Wake me when he comes in" she said. And she was out. So tired. So tired of being tired. And had a mouth so sore it even hurt on the outside.
Dr. Jeong came in and she sat up to listen to what he had to say. Her blood test revealed that her white blood cells were at 300 (that's good... low, but that's what it should be) and her platelets were 0. She had a slight fever on and off from Sunday and she was very dehydrated. Dr. Jeong thought the best thing to do was put her back in the hospital. Right now the side-effects were winning. In the hospital she could get some medicine for the pain, an IV to re-hydrate her, and best of all, she could take her medicine through her IV... no swallowing pills! Her mouth was thankful for that.
At home, in order to get the chemo pills down, she had decided to name them. (What ever works, right? If she wants to name her pills, then we name her pills). Their names were: Wendy; Hadley; Haden; Family&Friends; and that BIG potassium pill she had named Chad. Now that she's going to the hospital, she was glad she didn't have to dissolve Chad in water anymore- swallowing it was bad, but dissolving it in water was like drinking sand. The only pills she had to take in the hospital were Wendy, Hadley, Haden and Family&Friends!
Bottoms Up!
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