Sue's chemo will be a three-drug attack, and she was booked to have a permanent pump fitted for the one chemo drug on Monday(4th). However, when we visited the hospital last week for blood tests (to assess kidney function), the staff forgot to check the condition of the veins in her arms. These are ok (just) for blood tests, but not for anything bigger - so the nurses on Monday had to send us home as they could not fit the line they were intending to feed the chemo through into her arm.
The alternative is to have a line inserted into the chest-wall, near her collar-bone; but they have no spaces to carry out that surgical procedure until December 15th.
The other two drugs will be drip-fed over a period of several hours for one day every three weeks. The first session was supposed to be yesterday, but when we telephoned to check they had no spare beds on the ward. Thankfully, they have a bed this morning, so she will be going in later today - and then stay for at least one night while they monitor reactions and side-effects.
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