Mary Strickland

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Mary's First IV Chemotherapy

As you all know yesterday was Mary’s first IV Chemotherapy. It took about three hours for this first trip. About an hour of explanations, instruction and what to expect for side effects. They first give her an IV of anti-nausea medication and then the Chemotherapy drug, short name is CPT-11. Mary also got a flew shot and they highly recommended I get one so, the chicken that I am, I held my belt in my mouth and let them stab me with the hypo. That may be a little exaggerated. She felt fine after the treatment. They also tweeked on her medications. They lowered her Decadron (Steriod) a little and are taking her off the Atavin, or at least to an as needed amount. They did add a drug that she will take only on Saturday’s and Sunday’s to prevent Pneumonia. Mary slept good last night and said she even had a dream which she has not had for a while. We went from Chemotherapy to a Radiation treatment. The Radiation machine was broken when we got there so we had to wait about an hour, but we were about 15 min late anyway. No big deal. We believe all your prayers are working and we continue to thank you for them. We always pray for God’s great blessings on you all. We know have a much different perspective on how great the body of Christ is. Thank you.

3 Comments:

  • Bob,

    that is good. i'm so glad to hear that things are moving in the situation.

    By Blogger chris, at 1:38 AM  

  • I wanted to say "hi" to Mary and glad to hear things are going well. Mary is in our thoughts and prayers daily. Lorelle

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:46 AM  

  • Hello, Mary and Bob:
    You are on our prayer list!
    Sending positive thoughts every hour!
    Thank you for the updates!

    Alexandria Vitaliano (peer of Nick Trombetta)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:22 AM  

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