Today we arrived at Dr. Cole's office at around 2:00 for her first chemotherapy treatment. David was with us and I was grateful for that. He always cheers things up! But actually, I didn't feel that Mom was very nervous. It's daunting, however, when you go in and see all of the patients hooked up for their regimen.
Mom got in her recliner and they started to work with her. They were all in shock at the redness of her skin from the tape from the port. She had told them yesterday at BVH that she was allergic to latex and they used paper tape and she still had irritation from the paper tape. I wonder if it's something in the adhesive. They told us to put Bacitraycin all over the redness and to watch it.
Mom's nurse was Yvonne Ewing and she was so kind. She hooked Benadryl up to relax her, an anti-nausea drug and saline solution. When the saline was empty, she started the Torisel through there.
We were there two hours, and after about an hour and a half Mom started to get antsy. That had been a long time for her to sit still in a chair. But she made it! When she was getting the Benadryl, Yvonne was explaining everything to us so Mom listened and didn't rest. I told her the next time to just relax and let herself rest, or sleep, and that it wouldn't seem as long. All in all, I thought she did so well!
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