My Chemo Make-Over

Hello everyone, so sorry not to have been able to post any news this week, my chemo was a bit of a bear. It is still surreal to be here, what is real though is all the love and support all of you have provided us with! Thank you so much for everything!

This post starts with a recap from a few days ago:

Day 7 of the chemo should end tomorrow afternoon. I managed to have some control over the nausea and was able to eat a bit yesterday and today - cream of wheat cereal never tasted so good!

Hospital time, days go into nights and days.  The other night about 3AM all the lights went on in my room and a Fellow came in asking if I was "Brezinski" and I said "No, I am Katz-Downie."  He apologized profusely for the room error and I told him it was fine, it is like camp here or life in University dorms.

Nurses. Nurses are really unique individuals, they work incredibly hard to make the patient comfortable and never complain.  I have experienced excellent care and they are truly there at all times when I need them to help with the smallest task or question.

Food service. Great! I enjoyed a little chicken soup from Kohn's Kosher, made to order blueberries and crushed ice, and the always delicious Cream of Wheat!

Finished my chemo yesterday afternoon; getting unhooked from my IV pole was quite a nice surprise.  I can move about on my own again, however, my energy level is quite low. I started to do laps in my room, back and forth; I was not quite ready to join the other patients on the floor for the "Prime Time, Cat Walk Hallway". After much prodding and pushing from Alana though, I realized my Chemo Make-over was ready to display and was able to do 1 1/2 laps around the floor, not too shabby after not eating much for a week. 

It is nice to have Alana in town to come by each day.  We giggled through  the "Basil the rat" episode of Fawlty Towers and then made a "Skype" shabbat with Stephen, my mom and the boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPP4P3gKGss

Enjoy this holiday weekend!