Hydration Day

On Friday Robin went back to the oncology office for a "hydration visit". They gave her a couple of medications to help inhibit nausea, plus a half liter of normal saline (salt water) to help keep her hydrated.

It sure is a lot easier being at home these days. In New York City it used to take a couple of hours to travel to the doctor's office, get treatments, and then return to the Miracle House apartments. Now the hospital is less than a five minute drive from the house - plus Robin says she loves to sleep in her own bed!

She has been pretty sleepy the last two days. Usually the first few days after chemo she feels best if she just rests and sleeps on-and-off during the day. If she is going to experience side effects they usually start after about three days and then peak after about seven days. She still drinks a few cans of the "ensure" type drink each day, but she's also eating foods like melon, pasta and steak.

Remarkably, she's been free of aches and pains in her legs since the chemo yesterday. She assumes it's the anti-inflammatory action of the steroids she received. We had discussed increasing her pain meds yesterday morning, but she literally walked out of the hospital yesterday without any pain in her legs!