Day 8 & 9

Day 8:

Drs.visit, bloods and more i-v fluids - another ½ ltr/1hr.

So this time sitting in the chair while the nurses do their magic,  over and over again; find a good vein, insert a cannula (with as little pain as possible), unwrap the lines, the bags, the needles (oh so much plastic waste!), wash their hands a million times, gloves on, gloves off, etc. etc.  THIS time we managed a laugh! They said febrile I heard feral ... doesn’t matter - a quiet laugh - the nurses and us.  So while I never wanted us to join this “club” - it seems we are.

Day 9

Still no vomiting, still juggling pills to handle pain, still up and down.  But for the first time in weeks he sat at the table with C&P&me, and ate some salad!!

Family:

How lucky are we to have; Simone who with her medical knowledge knows that there doesn’t need to be nausea and is now our hero, Pablo who knows about immunology and can explain to us how this trial drug works ... so we both understand, Cassia who is so-not-like her mother, that she can listen and learn as dad explains how the finances work and Mischa ready at the drop of a hat to leave his family and race over to help his dad relieve his pain! Mischa can get  Marijuana ... medicinal of course.  

That’s a pretty good family to have here with us.