Smile ... you're on chemo-camera

This pic is of Mom's Last Dinner before her big day. From left to right: Aunt Della, Aunt Colleen, Mom, Dad. So Day -3 was alright for mom. She had chemo at about 2. They brought it in to her and hooked her up. She did really well. The chemo lasts for about 20 minutes and so far, knock on wood, no nausia or other adverse reactions.
The chemo is on the left, the antibiotic is on the right. They just give a broad spectrum of antibiotics to prevent infections since Mom will not be able to naturally fight them.
And they are nice enough to label what they are giving her... nice!
So far the only reaction she is having is of the steriod they are giving her. She had some reactions to it when she took it earlier too. Her blood sugar is high and they are giving her insulin; we hear that only one person out of the 8 who is on it right now has normal blood sugar. This is kind of a pain for her since they are checking her every 2 hours and shooting her up. So that brings us to the second thing the steriods are doing for her: insomnia. She did not sleep so much last night and when she called me a few minutes ago she said she was ready for a nap. When she took this steriod before with her other chemo she would get a lot of energy for Saturday - Monday and then crash Tuesday and Wednesday. She did not sleep well then either.

But I am very happy that she is doing so well right now. Her nurses are really great with her. Her room is pretty boring so we are going to decorate it over the next few days. She also did not have a DVD player so I am taking her one of mine today. But her spirits are high and she was up walking the halls a few times yesterday.