Round Three Day Three

We started out pretty good today. Trent slept pretty well even though he was up every two hours to go to the bathroom. They have to pump him full of fluids to make sure his kidneys can flush out all the toxins they put in him. Unfortunately the fluids made him swell up like a cream puff. When he was admitted he weighed 215 lbs. and this morning he weighed in at 229 lbs. So of course they gave him lasiks which sent him to the bathroom a ton.

During the last round of chemo we had a nurse's aide, Nick, who acted so much like our nephew Jake. So when he was our aide this time I had to get a picture of him. We tried to introduce him to Doug and Travis yesterday but he was busy and missed them by about ten minutes. He is a really cool guy and a great aide.

Nick

This afternoon we had a visit from friends from Nebraska. Scott and Heather Church have done the whole cancer game too. Scott was diagnosed a day or two before he and Heather got married. Scott was really great to talk to us right after we were diagnosed and give us a heads up on some of what we would be going through. It was really good to see them today and to see Scott healthy. It reminded me that Trent will someday be healthy too. He can recover!

Scott and Trent

Heather and me

I played a naughty trick on myself today. I looked back through all the blog entries on our family blog. I found a few pictures of Trent we he was healthy. It made me bawl to see them! He is so different now. It is hard to imagine life after cancer. It is so far away it hardly seems like it could be real. But like I said, seeing Scott really helped. Just to see that people live through this and resume normal lives was really good.

This evening we had a bit of trouble. The nurse came in to give Trent some nausea medicine and poked his IV right through the vein. We had been having a little trouble with that IV already and when she put in the medicine the needle went right through. It burned pretty bad in Trent's arm so the took out that IV and tried for another one. And another one, and another. After being poked five different times by three different nurses he ended up with this beauty.

Of course all this took so long that they ended up not administering any more medication through the peripheal IV at all. By the time they finally got a line in, his chemo was about done so they put all the meds through his port anyway.

We got a visit from a volunteer who brought Trent a bag full of goodies including another "Get Well Blanket". I don't think I will need to make blankets for a good long time after this! That was really nice and we are grateful there are people out there giving their time and effort to help complete strangers.

All in all it was an okay day. Trent is really feeling the chemo but the nurses have been doing very well to stay on top of the side effects. So far so good. We are really looking forward to going home in the morning. Can't wait to sleep in our own bed!

Finally, a HUGE thank you Lyndsi, my sister-in-law and to everyone who supported us in the fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse Monday night. We are completely overwhelmed and in awe of the goodness that still exists. We have been blessed with amazing friends and family. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!