Done with Arsenic- on to the inpatient Chemo

I just watched as the anesthesiologist put Jessie to sleep. She made a funny face (she can often taste whatever is put in the IV) as she closed her eyes and said she felt it working. She is having a lumbar puncture to put chemo into her spinal column (bad cells often can hide there) and also at the same time a bone marrow check which they do through the hip bone. We should get results late in the week to see how the Arsenic worked.

Meanwhile, she will be getting chemo all this week and stay inpatient most of July. The doctors say her counts should drop to zero about 5-7 days after the first dose of chemo then we have to wait for her body to recover and her ANC to come up.

This is 3/4 chemo sessions. The next one will start a week after her counts recover. So we will be doing this again in August. Hopefully, after August she will be finished with chemo. Say a prayer.

5pm- the procedures went well and only took 20 mins - waking up and being able to walk unassisted - 1.5 hours. We got into her new home away from home- room 423E. She took a nap and her headache feels better. She is getting some chemo now (a 3 hr infusion of Cyterabine twice a day for 3 day). This one causes "chemical conjunctivitis" so they are giving her eye drops every 3 hours around the clock. (not great for sleeping).
On the up side, she's got a great new room here with a view of the Washington monument!! You know what that means...we'll have a great view of the fireworks! :-)