Worst night so far...

It seems as though the chemo has hit John like a ton of bricks. We went yesterday to meet with a doctor and for them to take some blood. Unfortunately the nurse that is supposed to be a pro with the catheter did not do so well. John is not good with the sight of blood to begin with and she seemed to be taking forever.

When they first access the catheter they push saline into it then pull it back out to make sure they are getting "return", which is blood coming back into the tube with the saline. Well even though she was taking forever it all seemed to be working. John had to be laid back since he was getting dizzy....all because she was taking FOREVER. She finishes up then decides she needs a little more blood, only this time she can't seem to get any "return". She uses the other (red) tube and it seems to work fine which makes her think he may have a little blockage in that (blue) tube. We are sent down to the chemo floor for them to use a medication to break up any blockage. Surprise!!!!! The nurse downstairs has no problem getting "return" from the "blocked" (blue) tube. Well that is good news because now we don't have to sit there for an hour while this drug does it's thing.

Went to lunch, he was achy but fine. Back at the room he napped, ate some dinner and then pretty much laid around. He was up and down most of the night. He was achy and cold then hot. The way this AC works in the room it is very hard to regulate your own temperature. It is either blasting or off. He barely slept last night and this morning the nausea hit like a Mack truck and it all came out like a freight train.

He took some anti-nausea medication from his first round of chemo and now he is sleeping. I hope he can sleep for at least an hour. I will be going soon to get him more meds and a better pillow since the ones they have here are pretty worthless and flat. It will be a busy day for me but a down day for John. I will do whatever he needs to be comfortable in this horrible time.