Sammy enters day 4 of chemo today with a half way decent night. The usual MO of overnight hospital stays is always littered with ringing bells from pumps that are empty, occluded lines, low battery warnings, line flush notices etc. It's like trying to sleep in the bell tower of a cathedral. Every 15 mins, BONG!
Day 4 is chemo is another round of Horse ATG, the second of four. Thursday will be the stem cell transfusion itself.
Sammy woke up this morning a little more agitated and annoyed than yesterday. We were somewhat pleasantly surprised with how she handled yesterday, but wary of that changing as this journey has many phases. She seemed to be extremely itchy all over. This is a fairly common side effect from taking morphine for several days. She is now on a constant drip of morphine along with a push button "on demand" morphine shot. There are a couple other small variables that may be causing the itching, so hopefully we'll pinpoint that sooner rather than later.
Sammy is also "raging" a bit from the steroids she's on. The doctors warned us of this possibility, and we had little doubt Sammy the Incredible Hulkster would soon show her face. She thrashes around in the bed when she gets annoyed or upset, so Mr. Itch isn't helping us out all today.
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