This night of sleep was much more restful than the night before. I slept until 6:00 AM or so and then kinda got caught in between. I was too awake to fall asleep, and too tired to get up. I sort of fell asleep again until 8:30ish, then sent Melissa a text message and had her swing by. They started me on a "hydrating" IV around noon, and also gave me some Kytril (anti-nausea meds), which made me fell kinda weird. I got all fuzzy and sorta tired. I tried to fall asleep, but once again was in that weird in-between state.
Around 2:00 PM they started me on the Cytoxin. The drugs didn't immediately have too much of an effect on me, but as the afternoon wore on, I started getting more and more nauseous. I tried to fall asleep, but couldn't, and instead had some ice cream to calm my stomach. And some more ice cream to calm my stomach... And some MORE ice cream...
Around 5:00 or so all the drugs were done, and I was set to be discharged. Kadlec is a wonderful hospital, and they take great care of their patients. But they have the ABSOLUTE SLOWEST DISCHARGE PROCESS EVER!!! They told me around 5:15 that I was set to be sent home, and they just needed to finish up the last orders. Well, it was almost 7:30 before we were finally able to leave.
Melissa and I headed home, and I took a shower while she made grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup (my request). Then we had some ice cream and watched an episode of 24 before we headed to bed around 9:00 PM. Just climbing into my own bed was FANTASTIC. Soft sheets, my comfy pillows, and I was able to sleep on my stomach. For that one night, that was the most comfortable bed in the whole wide world.
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