Today has gone very well. Billy has been on three walks and has eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner! He has rested a lot in between his walks and doesn't appear to be retaining fluid any longer. They have not changed anything they have been doing so we are contributing all of these wonderful things to God alone. There is power in prayer!!
The only negative today was his vein blowing. His arm started swelling at the IV site, which meant that the vein had blown and the chemo was going into his tissue. This IV had one purpose; they were dripping his Bleomycin into this IV instead of his port this time. They did this because last time, one of the nurses got his Bleo messed up because she left it disconnected for several hours to drip the other chemos. This would have been fine, but she messed up the other chemos' schedules also, so the Bleo was stopped for way too long. Then they had to drip the Bleo at twice the normal rate so that it would be finished by Thursday night. That is what caused Billy to run the fever during his first round. Anyway, Billy's doctor did NOT want that Bleo messed up again so he ordered an IV site specifically for the Bleo so it would not be interrupted this time. Since the Bleo only had another 5 hours to drip before he was completely done with it this round, we weren't sure what they would do when his vein blew, but were happy when the answer came. The doctor told them to connect the Bleo to Billy's port and just terminate it when it was time to start the pre-hydration and anti-nausea meds tonight. Sooo, as of 7:00pm tonight, Billy is done with Bleomycin! Since he has had his lifetime allowance of this drug, he does not EVER have to do Bleo again! Praise God! The Bleo is the chemo that makes him so sick. He tends to tolerate the other two better. So, he is one happy little camper right now!
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