Back to the Clinic

Grant has started treatment again. Yesterday, he went to the clinic and got his port accessed. One of the drugs that he got requires him to be "perfectly" hydrated. This means that they started him on fluids as soon as he got his noodle. Then, we had to wait for him to get to a specific level of hydration. He was receiving fluids and we were pushing juice. And then we have to get him to urinate in a urinal so they can test it. We had to get him to do this 3 times before we were at the right level. Then he gets his chemo through the port for an hour. THEN, he has to be hydrated for another 4 hours after that. He also received another drug through his port. It was a long day. We got there at 9 and left at 5.
It started a little rough b/c Grant was out of practice getting his port accessed. I think it was a combination of being scared and just figuring out what makes people react. He through a huge fit and put up a big fight. It took 4 of us to get his port accessed. When we got home, we had a talk about it. He told me it didn't hurt, he just didn't want a poke. He is going to act like a big boy next time. He will not have to be accessed again until next week, b/c he is bringing his noodle home with him. We went back today and will go tomorrow and Friday as well. At those visits, he is getting a 15 min. IV push. But, in reality, we are there about 2 hours. He had a CBC yesterday and all of his counts came back really really good.