Amy&TrixieCat
Member Since 2011
Yesterday
I dunno....Trix is keeping me guessing a little too much these past few days. Mx. P was all sorts of excited with that big 130 point drop on Sunday, and now these last three days, not so active. I don't know what any of it means.....I wish things were more clear cut here :roll: .
It was a very difficult gelcap morning, so maybe that's Ms. P's excuse for being shy today. It took about 20 minutes and three re-packings of the pills because the capsule kept starting to dissolve. I don't know why once in a while we have these extra hard times, but I do know that once trouble starts, Trix starts getting tenser, then it gets harder, and it snowballs from there. A few times with today's attempts, she closed her mouth on my finger - not hard enough to break the skin, but hard enough to knock the pill out of my hand before I got it back far enough in her mouth. Once that started happening, it got tougher and tougher. I took a few breaks and then tried again, but I also didn't want to push her TOO far off schedule, especially since I need to start shifting her meds schedule earlier (rather than later) for her early vetty appointment on Saturday.
My Dad's first chemo infusion seemed to go well yesterday, although it was a very long day and things were behind schedule. I suppose that could very well be the norm and we'll have to get used to that. The "Nurse Ratchet" (thank you Marilyn :lol: ) they met with last week seems to be more of a liaison...she was not all scrubbed out, so it looks like she doesn't actually administer treatment - thank goodness. Our actual infusion nurse was very nice and informative. And - long story short - the oncologist confirmed what the Penn oncologist initially said: my Dad does NOT have to be a recluse, and travel is fine. Of course he needs to exercise caution, and he needs to get used to all this before jetting off to Italy, but Nurse Ratchet really put a scare into my parents last week that my all my Dad's time will be spent in isolation when that is not the case. As the actual doctors said: If you can't LIVE, there is no point in actually doing this.
So now we wait while we pray for minimal side effects, a good response to treatment, and try our best to LIVE.
Thank you for all your prayers, everyone...they are so very comforting.
Amy
I dunno....Trix is keeping me guessing a little too much these past few days. Mx. P was all sorts of excited with that big 130 point drop on Sunday, and now these last three days, not so active. I don't know what any of it means.....I wish things were more clear cut here :roll: .
It was a very difficult gelcap morning, so maybe that's Ms. P's excuse for being shy today. It took about 20 minutes and three re-packings of the pills because the capsule kept starting to dissolve. I don't know why once in a while we have these extra hard times, but I do know that once trouble starts, Trix starts getting tenser, then it gets harder, and it snowballs from there. A few times with today's attempts, she closed her mouth on my finger - not hard enough to break the skin, but hard enough to knock the pill out of my hand before I got it back far enough in her mouth. Once that started happening, it got tougher and tougher. I took a few breaks and then tried again, but I also didn't want to push her TOO far off schedule, especially since I need to start shifting her meds schedule earlier (rather than later) for her early vetty appointment on Saturday.
My Dad's first chemo infusion seemed to go well yesterday, although it was a very long day and things were behind schedule. I suppose that could very well be the norm and we'll have to get used to that. The "Nurse Ratchet" (thank you Marilyn :lol: ) they met with last week seems to be more of a liaison...she was not all scrubbed out, so it looks like she doesn't actually administer treatment - thank goodness. Our actual infusion nurse was very nice and informative. And - long story short - the oncologist confirmed what the Penn oncologist initially said: my Dad does NOT have to be a recluse, and travel is fine. Of course he needs to exercise caution, and he needs to get used to all this before jetting off to Italy, but Nurse Ratchet really put a scare into my parents last week that my all my Dad's time will be spent in isolation when that is not the case. As the actual doctors said: If you can't LIVE, there is no point in actually doing this.
So now we wait while we pray for minimal side effects, a good response to treatment, and try our best to LIVE.
Thank you for all your prayers, everyone...they are so very comforting.
Amy
