I got to the hospital at 7:30 a.m. Dr. G. checked in on Barry before 9 a.m. Barry did not get discharged until 11:45 a.m. due to a delay in getting one of his nausea pills. It took about 1 1/2 hrs. for that one pill to be delivered. You should not have to go through such stress while already dealing with cancer. If only there was some kind of self-discharge process in place!
After we picked Tim up from his friend's house, we went out for late lunch. I came home and took a small nap as I served as eucharistic minister at the 5 p.m. mass. Tim went to help out at our church Valentine's dinner dance that was being held after the mass. The auditorium did not look like an auditorium with all the decorations that the youth had put up on Thursday. The youth ministry is benefiting from the dance with a portion going to their mission trip this summer. They did a great job with the dance. The kids were all dressed in black and white, including bow ties and cumabuns (not sure of spelling). It's a big fundraiser with a nice sit down meal. I knew it was Barry's chemo day so we didn't attend. Next year though we will!
Barry's doing fine. Required no pain meds this treatment. Each treatment can vary so greatly.
As we were talking to the nurse and discussing the delay in being discharged, she mentioned another patient that has the same chemo treatment. A 16 year old boy. Now that puts your life into prospective. He always wishes to get out by 7 a.m.! A real kidder. Same age as Tim. Life is so crazy, isn't it. We are so lucky.
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