Keith was admitted to UNC yesterday. He got his chemo around 4pm. He had a very restless night. Bad headache and nausea. Docs came to check on him today. He was sitting on side of bed and politely asked them to move....he did make it to the bathroom on time! Unfortunate side effect of this chemo. It only took 15 minutes to give it, but it packs a powerful punch. He is getting his stem cells today. This should only take about 20 minutes. He is very nauseous and has a bad headache. The nurse said some people get headaches first few days of being there because the air is so dry (the whole unit is heppa filtered). I had a headache from being there too.
Anyway, other than that, he is doing well. Unfortunately, ben accidentally dropped keiths cell phone in the toilet so it is toast. Waiting on a new one to arrive today.
He does have his laptop and he does have a Skype account, so we were able to let ben see him and chat with him last night. That was pretty cool
The nurses said he can decorate his room however he wanted, so anyone that would like to send cards, posters, pics, encouraging words would be great. No flowers but cards and stuff are fine.
Here is the address and phone number to his room. He should have his cell phone back up and running tonight or tomorrow.
mailing address: BMTU Room 4841 4th floor NC Cancer Hospital. 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. phone number 919-966-6048
Thanks everyone!
Thank you for the update, Renee. Keith's in my prayers. I hope he'll begin to feel better as the days go by.
ReplyDeleteSince he can't go to the beach right now, I should send him a picture of sunrise over the ocean when we were at Edisto Beach, SC a couple weeks. Steve takes such wonderful pictures.
You probably haven't seen my last FB post, but a blood clot was discover on my jugular vein, right near where the tubing from my port goes into the vein. I've had my port for 6 months, now, and I was told that's not an uncommon complication.
So... for the next 4 to 7 days, I'm having to give myself a blood-thinner shot in my STOMACH! This will help my body dissolve the clot and absorb it, and also help to prevent future clots. Just another bend in the road, I guess......
Take care -- and many hugs to Ben and Bella, too!
Shawn
Hey a pic would be great!
ReplyDeletekeith had to take shots in his stomach too. (not blood thinner)i gave them for a while, then apparently he decided he could do it better! they are a little painful. had to give them to my mom to (blood thinner)
i had to inject myself too for a while to get preggers with bella! not fun! it will be worth it! glad you are doing well! i hope keith's port will be out very soon! i hate that thing. it is snaked thru his jugular i think. very scary!