Chemotherapy - First Round

Yesterday was Bryan's first official treatment & he survived! We met with our Oncologist at 8:15 and then went straight to the chemo room. We were the first patients there for the day and we were one of the last to leave. We finally got home at 3:45. Bryan is getting 4 different types of chemotherapy drugs, all of which are infused through the port that he had installed last week. Here are some pictures through out the day:

Here is Bryan's chair - they had it all set up for him when we got there & there was even a sign in the chair with his name on it. They even set up an extra chair for me so I could sit with him all day :)

Here is Bryan at the beginning of the day. They just hooked him up to his port for the first time. I think that was the worst part of the day because his chest is still bruised & sore from having the port installed last week.

This was probably the best part of the day when we had our first visitor: Dr. Joshua James! For those who don't know, Josh is one of Bryan's best friends & they were college roomates at UT. Josh has been vital in helping Bryan get diagnosed & treated. I don't know what we would do without our own personal physician helping us every step of the way!

And finally, this is our chemo nurse, Krystal. As you can tell Bryan had a long day but at least he had wi-fi access so he was able to work on his laptop most of the day. He actually started getting tired towards the end, but he was a trooper and stayed awake most of the day. So far he is feeling ok, but he is taking a lot of medicine to counter balance the chemo drugs, so we will see how he does over the next few days.

Luckily he only has to do this every other week, so he has a while to rest up before the next treatment :)