We finally got word at 2pm Friday that they'd freed a bed in the 7 Feldberg cancer ward at BIDMC. We got here at 4:20p or so, and getting here first means I got the window bed (775W) Instead of the one closer to the hallway (775 is semi private)
I chugged 1185 ml of water (5 8oz bottles) to ensure I'd ace my creatinine blood test (for kidney function). Then the RN had 3 false start stabs in my arm before calling the IV specialist. Mrs Blogger and I planned our schedules and ordered me my classic comfort dinner: pizza, a scoop of tuna on Caesar salad, and apple juice.
That finished, I've dimmed my lights, enjoyed the night skyline of BU beyond the trees, and will try a nap.
Just after 10pm, the first of 4 injections of cytarabine began and will run for 3 hours, and set the cycle for my weekend (another 3hr infusion starting every 12 hours), 10a Sat, 10p Sat, with the last at 10a Sun (ending at 1p and discharge maybe maybe at 2 or 3pm
All hopes of sneaking out to the Museum of Fine arts or the Isabella Stewart Gardener (about a 10 min walk, were I not in pajamas) have been dashed: can't get any farther than the "solarium" at the end of the hall, or the "family room."--this is the floor where I will spend 3 weeks solid starting around New year's.
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