ER visit

Yesterday, the nurse hotline sent me to the ER to make sure that my side effects were actually side effects of chemo and not evidence of other infection. By the end of the visit, I understood that the first 2 weeks of the first chemo are a testing of how MY body will respond and what remedies MY body will accept for MY side effects. I got home just after 1am and woke up feeling much better and much more normal this morning. Yay!

Pray for: the new meds I received to work and the side effects of the new meds to be tolerable.

Details: 

I was pretty lethargic from lack of nutrition and dehydration. Turns out, I have a single mouth sore that's placed perfectly so it is super painful to swallow. The "magic mouthwash" for mouthsores did nothing to improve my symptoms. I was also having some elimination issues.

They took some blood and other samples to run all my numbers. Good news: no infections, all my symptoms are just side effects of the chemo. While waiting for the results, they treated my mouthsore and I was rehydrated with 2 bags of fluid. As my numbers came in, I was given a few other vitamins and minerals to get everything within normal range. I accepted the morphine to alleviate pain. I ate more calories (in jello, applesauce, and pudding cups - so not a lot) than I'd been able to get down in the previous couple days. Scott and I agree that my nurse, Keith, was amazing! I am sure he is in high demand and the Lord wanted me to have the best, so that must have been what the 4-hr wait was all about. (:

I came home with 2 new meds to attempt to control side effects that have run amuck. We shall see.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. - Psalm 91