E.'s Home

E.'s first Cyberknife treatment is done. Unfortunately, it wasn't nearly as quick and easy as we thought it would be. Laying on the back of his head really gets to be painful (where that back incision is), especially for extended periods of time. And the Cyberknife took well over an hour today. His head rests on a hard plastic piece which they "pad" with a piece of bubble wrap ... one little sheet of bubble wrap. The hard netting mask holds his head in place in an awkward position and they readjust him occasionally. He was told to keep his eyes shut as there were a series of bright lights. E. didn't actually feel anything in terms of the Cyberknife, just from laying on his head post brain surgery. By the time he was done, he had quite the headache that is just finally easing up now. Supposedly, tomorrow's and Friday's Cyberknife treatments won't be as long as today's so hopefully that is better for E.

E. was also able to get discharged from the hospital! Yay!! Tomorrow morning, he has to go to the infectious disease office for an infusion of anti-biotics. I spoke to the nurse there and it sounds like the insurance company has approved E. to receive the IV anti-biotics at home for the duration of his treatment. There was one little twist that I wasn't aware of ... tomorrow *I* will be trained in flushing E.'s IV line and giving him his IV anti-biotics. No time to be nervous, just gotta do what's gotta be done.

E.'s happy to be home. And we're happy to have him here.

S.