Day One Chemotherapy

Thanks to family and friends for all the birthday cards and gifts to honor Dirk on his birthday!  It was a memorable day!

So we are in the hospital and it's pretty quiet. Sounds like the IV  won't start until noonish. Dad is working on the computer. He had a good night's sleep.

He will have chemo today and tomorrow.

They started the IV started about 3:30 pm .

"Ready as I 'll ever be" was Dirk's response when I asked him about his chemo. It is supposed to start at 4:00 pm

and take only 30 mins. It's been a day of waiting.

The waiting is over. They started chemo at 4:12pm . He is sucking on ice to minimize sores in his mouth later.

Day one of chemo is over!! It only took 20 minutes! It went really well. They tell us usually 7 days later is when the fun begins.