Admitted

Monday afternoon at 4:30p.m. the Oncologist called and said, “Be at the hospital at 6:00p.m. tonight and you will be here for a minimum of 30 days.” We all went to be with her for admittance and waited around for the doctor to come in and talk. Chris asked what the rush was and if things were going to be ok. The doctor said the best chemotherapy treatment for leukemia is this 30-day in hospital treatment. Chris’s Mom’s paperwork had gotten into the wrong stack of paperwork and when the doctor found it she wanted her admitted and the treatment started as soon as possible to ensure the best chances for survival. The hospital got her IV hooked up and all the paperwork stuff done Monday night as well as the visit with the doctor. Tuesday morning they hooked up a pick line and a port. The pick line and port is where all her medicines come into her body, where they can draw blood on a daily basis, where they can put CT Scan fluid in, and just everything. It minimizes how many times they have to stick you. Tuesday late morning she started receiving massive doses of potassium and she received her first Chemotherapy bag Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning the doctor came in to give her what they call a “Push Dose”. It’s where the doctor actually puts a syringe in and pushes a full dose of chemotherapy into her body while she’s there and they do it in a very short period of time. It is a massive dose. She will receive Chemotherapy non-stop until next Tuesday night. Next Wednesday morning they will do a biopsy to find out how her body is responding to the treatment. They want to find out if the chemotherapy is having an effect on the leukemia. Within 7 days of the beginning of treatment, if things go well, she should start the beginning stages of remission.