chemotherapy
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After 2 ½ weeks home, I returned to Arkansas for more fun. Upon arrival, they drew labs and checked my numbers. After VDT-PACE and 2 weeks home, my numbers had started INCREASING again. This was not a good sign. The doctor was also taken aback. The expectation was that the numbers would continue to fall…
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The day I returned home was September 27th, three days after Hayden’s first birthday, which I was very sad to have missed. We were going to do her little birthday party with her smash cake first thing but my head hurt so badly from all the hair still clinging to it. I never expected it…
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They set me up for the induction chemo by sending me to the operating room to get a central line put in. This was an interesting little procedure. I was awake the whole time. They numb the area with lidocaine and make an incision at the top of your chest. They insert a line that…
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Somehow, UAMS worked it out with my insurance to come out and get treatment there. They called me on a Friday and told me they wanted me there on a Monday. My parents watched the girls, Chris closed down the shop for the following week, and we headed out the very next day. Due to…
Torney Tough 