Chemotherapy #7

We're back in Grand Forks for this, my dad came up Thursday night and stayed until Saturday morning.  It was nice of him to stay an extra day to hang out with Taylor and I.  Anyway, for this session of chemo I was back in the Altru Cancer Center.  As with my last one I got my labs drawn through my port so I wouldn't have to be poked more than once.  This time we talked about getting scans and the breathing test set up again.  I am on cycle 4 currently, with the end of it being on February 3rd, this coming Friday.  The plan is to get a PET scan and the pulmonary test after the end of the 4th cycle.  Finally seeing how things are going will be nice, and having some real dates on them will be even better.

Chemo number 7 went quick I felt like.  It was still long, but we were out of there a bit faster than usual.. or maybe we were getting used to how long it took in Saint Cloud since they do things a little slower.  The whole time once I was in the chair I was studying for my Physiology class.  That is all I did this time, from the time I sat down til when I was finishing up.  My dad was the only one with me this time because since we are back at school Taylor has classes and work she has to attend.  I am sad that she won't be able to make it to the remainder of the chemo sessions, and so is she.  My dad as always says that he will be at all of them.  I choose a room with him in mind this time.  I knew that Taylor wasn't going to make it so I didn't go for the big chair that we can both sit in.  Instead I got a room that had a second recliner for my Dad.  He spent the time watching TV while I studied.  After it was done we got a prescription filled and then my dad dropped me off.  He went to nap while I did the same thing.  We would later meet to go eat at Pizza Ranch and then go see a movie.  It was my Dad, Taylor, my friend Eric, and myself for that.

As the days after went by I kept getting really warm at night and was taking my temp.  It was at 100.0 F on three separate occasions.  I was told to go into the hospital if I ran a fever.  (Apparently this isn't high enough to be considered a fever however)  Anyway, I went in with Taylor at 3AM and it was after 6 by the time we got out of there.  We had class in a couple hours. They ran a bunch of tests and everything came back normal, so nothing to worry about.