T-minus seven days and counting. Transplant Day is Day 0 and they count all other days from that.
Yesterday, I left off while Grace was still sleeping. She woke up slightly grumpy, but soon was fully awake and her normal self. Chemo every six hours, blood draws every half hour (!) plus other meds, and she was hooked up all day. (At the end, you'll get to read about the fun time she had with Daddy before bed when she was finally unhooked for a while.)
A physical therapist came in to play and assess her current levels of moblity. During that time, she twice fell over for no apparent reason. Sometimes, her lines get in the way of walking and balance, but these two, she was just standing there and fell over like she had vertigo. The doctors did say that it would not be a surprising side effect to be dizzy. However, after those two episodes, it did not happen again. We do hover near, though, to catch if necessary. She also slipped in her "grippy" socks, which turned out to have the grips in the arch. But they got her a bigger size sock and the grips are more numerous and over the entire bottom of the foot.
She has a number of meds to take by mouth as well, which she has done fine. One yesterday (that turns out to be a once-a-week on Wednesdays) she actually reacted to with a yucky face and tongue out. So hopefully that will not give us trouble in the future.
She took a three and a half hour nap in the afternoon, hardly disturbed by vitals checks and med changes.
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Heather Daley on
February 1, 2024, 2:21 pm
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