Another boring day (oh how I love boring days in a military
hospital) at Walter Reed. David had a port installed in his chest early this
morning, so that the chemo drugs can be delivered into the superior vena cava,
the vein that goes directly to the heart. This sounds alarming, but this large
vein can handle the chemo much better than the smaller wrist veins.
There was a rumor that the chemo would start late morning,
but it actually got going at 4:30 p.m. For those of you with a score card, he
will receive daunorubicin over 10-15 minutes, once a day for 3 days. At the
same time he is receiving cytarabine continuously for 7 days.
He’s in excellent spirits right now. He’s only been back
from Korea for 53 hours, so his sleep cycles are still off. We had a videochat with
Peter, Matt, and Sam, with cameos by Xiomara and wee baby Andrew, who just
turned 11 months old on Tuesday.
Prize to whomever comes up with a word that uses WRMMC, in
that order. Extra points for English. Linguists are eligible to enter.
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