So, yay, Marye got discharged from the hospital today. She's glad to be home, but is very weak and tired. Laying in bed for a week does nothing for your stamina, she struggled going up the front stairs. Anyway, as I told you before, she got a picc line put in yesterday, so now she can get her antibiotics at home. Tonight, the home health care nurse came by and showed me how to do it. It's kind of involved. I need to flush the line, then mix the medicine in a saline solution, hook it to the line while it runs for 30 minutes, then flush the line again with heparin to prevent clotting. She needs this every six hours through the 14th, so I set my alarm for 6:00 am and will start tomorrow morning.
Otherwise, she's doing pretty well. She has no diet restriction, but we're taking it easy and giving her things that we think she can handle. No ribs or pulled pork. She did get a little nausea after eating tonight, but the phenergan took care of it. Now she's just sleeping, and I need to get on her schedule for the infusion.
We have an appointment with the oncologist, Dr. Riley, on Thursday. Now they know definitively that it's breast cancer, they can design a treatment plan and she'll probably start chemo the following week, as long s nothing else happens. Until then, I'll probably post less often until the doctor's appointment. Maybe I'll put up some pictures of the IV and stuff.
-Chris
