Home for the holidays!

Jordy and I are home for the holidays!!

This was the first time that Jordy had doxorubicin by itself. In the past he had it in combination with Cisplatan. We now know how bad the Cisplatan is. The Doxorubicin by itself is easy stuff! Jordy had no nausea. He also feels much better since he received two units of blood. Jordy is normally pale, but this past week he was even paler. He almost glowed in the dark. Now he is a nicer shade of pale. Jordy’s energy level is also up a little.

This morning the doctors told us that the charge nurse had asked if they could up the rate of the chemo so that we could get home before dark. They though that was a great idea. It only made a difference of an hour, but I think it made everyone feel better. Just before we left Dr. Malempati came in just to visit. Jordy told him about his trip to Shriner’s and getting ready for his prosthesis. As Dr. Malempati left, he said, “It will be nice to see you walk in here”. At that moment it became a little more real. . . Jordy is getting close to having his mobility back. It will be a lot of work, and it will be slow, but it will happen. Wow!

On a side note (and purely selfish on my part). . .Doernbecher’s has new filtering software. It now keeps me from accessing such evil sites as knittingpatterncentral.com (alcohol?) and the Statesman Journal (racism). I just don’t get the connection between knitting and alcohol! Another benefit of being home is that I can look up knitting patterns all I want.

It is really good to be home!

Annie