Matthew has figured out a great strategy...He stays up really late on the night before each day of chemo so he can sleep through the whole day. It seems to be working well for him. His face is so chubby because of the amount of fluids he has constantly running through him.
Yesterday was a really long day for mom and T at the clinic. He didn't even get hooked up to anything until after one. He was so late getting his treatment that he was sent home with his huge bag of fluids he gets over night in white cooler so a nurse could come to our house and hook him up to that. He also had a 4 hour bag of fluids to finish before the traveling nurse got to our house, but when she came to switch his bags she noticed that the pump wasn't working. After a while of playing with his machine she got it to work, but he still had like 3 hours of fluids left. So.....my mom had to change out his bag around midnight. She was on the phone with a nurse who walked her through it, and together they successfully set up his huge bag of fluids. It really is huge. I'll try to get a picture of it before he uses it.
OH! So guess what?? This is Matthew's last chemo therapy before his surgery! He is going to be scheduled sometime after December 3rd, but we don't know the exact date yet. I think he's nervous about it, but he's also excited because he doesn't like the idea of a tumor living inside of his chest. He's also excited because he can feel it and it's uncomfortable. These are exciting times!
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