The chemo drugs didn't get to the floor until midnight last night, so Jason got a late start. When I came in this morning at 9:00 they had just given him dilaudin, a pretty strong pain killer, so he slept the rest of the morning. I should say he and Debby slept - since treatment didn't start until midnight, they didn't get much sleep.
He gets a combination of 5 drugs each day for 5 days, each given separately, spread out over a 24 hour period. They started his second dose tonight around 9:00.
They want to get him up and walking again but his leg is still swollen and too painful to walk on, so they've started to let him monitor his own pain medication - by the push of a button. It worked - he walked more tonight than he has in a long time. It was more tiring than painful, but that was a good change.
As the internet describes it, the side effects of interleukin are hell on earth, but so far this biochemotherapy treatment has gone pretty well. We hope this continues!
Marjorie
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I'm so glad Day 1 of the biochemotherapy treatment went better than anticipated. Hopefully, the treatment continues to go smoothly. At least Jason was able to get up and walk around. Thanks again for the update!
i'm so glad they gave you control over your pain meds! We will continue to pray for the success of your treatment.
Let's hope Jason already went through the hell on earth part and now this treatment will be easier on him. I appreciate the updates and we STILL miss him here at Goodrich.
Oh yeah Jason...sorry about Hillary :-)
Steve
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