Got up early, couldn't believe how tired I was, and made the drive to Seattle. Managed to get through traffic and the construction on the pass without any difficulty. Got to my morning appointments and then, after seeing my doctor, went to the hospital to check in. Got checked in, went up to my room, changed, and laid down because I was tired already.
In meeting with my doctor I asked to have CT/MRI scans completed on Monday 7/26, since I would be there, in order to establish baseline, and even get my Neulasta administered by a nurse, rather than self...
Ifos was started at around 1:30 and dripped for around 4 hours then that has to be followed with Mesna at around 4 hours after that. I'm not sure how in the course of those days, but somehow the Ifos started being administered later and later. I asked them to bump it back up because I'm so sick of the hospital, no offense to the staff, and they were able to accommodate me with that. Had a pretty eager "fellow," I guess, or whatever you call a doctor while they are still in some form of student status, who kept making me do different "excercises" to test my motor skills and check for swelling etc etc. Unfortunately for students, I'm a very stable patient and there was nothing remarkable that happened to me. Listen to my breathing, get my vitals, ask me to eat, chat a bit, sleep. Exciting I know...
They did have a Code Grey, which I'd never heard of before, on my floor and wing! I'm told it's a call for all available personell including some security because a patient is not quite cognizant of reality/or even hallucinating and may need to be restrained. In this case the patient needed to be restrained in 5-points and they even walked by my room surrounded by people as they tried to corral them into their room. It was minor really, but the patient was screaming and carrying on at the nurses telling them that they weren't real, that they were film crews or something. I know that some of the chemo can cause hallucinations, but I was told that the patient was a drug abuser so I'm not sure if that was their problem or not.
So, They locked that patient down and then released me the next night... I got de-accessed around 9:30, showered and out by 9:45. Drove to my pal Allan's, talked a bit then went to sleep. Slept most of the next day, ate, then went to my CT/MRI scans. Got done with those around 5 and met up with Allan and we went to Zeeks, or is it Zekes, Pizza and had a nice sit down.
Later my ride came, we dropped my niece's car at her friends, and then we hit the long road home.
And, now I just wait till I get better from all the drugs and then get on with things.
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