Picked up my brother at his house at 7:30am and drove to the cancer center. He received two infusions of fluids containing various elements including steroids and nausea meds. Then after each bag of fluids his lines were flushed with more fluids. That took 4 hours. Then he was given the chemo fluids which took another 2 hours to drip into his port followed by more fluids. He finished right after 4:00pm.
He went to the radiation department at around 4:30 for his first radiation treatment. They tested his pacemaker to see if it was affected by the chemo and radiation and showed the Oncologist who now wants him to see his Cardiologist tomorrow morning before any more treatments. Something on the reading of the pacemaker has the doctor concerned. So tomorrow morning before his infusion at 11:30 he needs to see Dr. Abben at the Cardiac Center. If all is ok he will get fluids only - no chemo - and then after lunch his daily radiation treatment.
It was a long day for both of us. His wife brought him some lunch and I came home for an hour or so and then returned till all was done. He returned home with his wife.
I'll be picking him up tomorrow morning at 7:30 to go to the Cardiac Center and then to the Cancer Center for fluids and his second radiation treatment.
I'm calling his cancer Jack.
Finally got approved for his meds after several phone calls.
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