Thanks again for all your prayers.
Unfavorable liver function numbers have slowed my Ara-C infusion from every 12 hours (I shoulda been home by now after a 10pm, 10am, 10pm, 10am Fri-Sat-Sun course) to every 21 hrs: 10pm Fri, 7pm Sat, 4pm Sun.
I see now that 12hrs is pretty aggressive:
9pm - Hour of saline hydration & pre meds
10pm - Infusion start
1am - Infusion end
6am blood drawn for blood, White Blood & metabolic tests
Order breakfast
7am results & go/pause
Chemo bag ordered from pharmacy
Breakfast, bathroom, vein check
9am hour of saline
10am next chemo
Between Infusion end and pre hydration is only 8 hours, and mixed in there's usually twice daily meds, vitals checks every 4 hours, with opportunistic naps and meals
The delayed cycle has been stressful and boring but nut hectic as the planned cycle might have been.
Basically if they hit pause, it is at least for 4 hours awaiting for a next retest after an attempted fix (like " drink more water) (mines been 9 hours each time)
Infusion #3 is now underway from 4pm to 7pm. If the coffee and prayers have made my liver happy, a blood test at 11pm would show it (results by 12mid). If liver unhappy, I'd likely be discharged Monday AM (dropping #4 infusion and we'll see what 3 produce). If liver clears quickly & unexpectedly I will credit prayers and coffee and maybe get infusion #4.
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Appreciate the update. Was wondering how you made out. Glad they are being flexible with the protocol and I hope the longer stretches provide some quality sleep. Prayers doing the heavy lifting but glad to see that coffee goes a long way as a sacramental.
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