Mark had his first chemo today. It went over pretty well actually... We went in, and they got the IV set up in his Port-A-Cath. We watched a 10 minute video about chemo with him, and they took him into the room. They told us that he would be about 2-3 hours depending on how he reacted to the allergy test before they administered the actual medication, and that in the middle, if we wanted to visit him we could. So Mark's mom and I went to the bank, to AT&T (to exchange my phone because it died last night), to JoAnn's Etc. to get yarn for making hats. :) I want to help her make hats and things for the chemo patients at the center. She is already doing it, but I told her that I was interested so she said she was going to teach me how to knit and crochet. We went to Target to pick up Dragon Age: Origins for Mark and I... because Mark has been DYING to play it. It looks like a really amazing game... And we went to Quiznos and got sodas for us. :D
When we got back to the center, Mark's mom and I talked about knitting for awhile and techniques and terms and such. They let us go visit Mark and he had a big smile on his face. It was great to see him smiling... They had two GIANT syringes which were two of his four part medicine... and they injected them in front of us. He was alright though. :) And they put a steroid in his meds so he's really loopy... but he seems normal other than that. I'm really happy that he's so strong and amazing... I couldn't ask for anyone else in my life. I hope he doesn't get too many side effects from it... We're home now and we're all getting subs later. :)
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