Eli opted for Irinotecan in cranberry juice. After consulting with the pharmacist, I prepared the supplies, but forgot put on gloves until I was in the middle of adding half of the syringe of medication into 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of the juice, but I pressed forward. While swirling the contents to try and mix …
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I lost my superpowers last week. They just disappeared (Elizabeth! Did you take them?!?). This all resulted in a mom fail. Remember when I was on fire? Not so much anymore. This is bee sting med week. Eli has agreed to try mixing his med with something to mask the taste. We had previously tried …
Eli earned a pain bead today. In addition to physical therapy, the home health nurse came to draw blood. When she accessed his port, Eli told her that she put the needle in wrong (it didn't look quite right to me, either), so she tried again. I thought it looked good, but when she tried …
Somehow we ended up with an extra early appointment today, so we had to leave a little after 6am. For whatever reason, I tend to forget to put numbing cream on Eli's port before we leave for his chemo treatment, but usually he reminds me. Today, though, I remembered. After I was ready to go, …
We're doing another overnight treatment and the surgeon came by to check on Eli's foot. It is doing well enough that Eli can start, slowly, putting weight on his foot without boot. Yay! Eli has also been requesting that I advertise his stuffed animal repair business. With his increased mobility, he is offering pickup of …
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