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| Tuesday, April 10, 2001 Well, I�ve finally made it to Detroit for treatment. I start anti-viral IVs tomorrow at 9 o�clock in the morning. I learned today that I�m not going to have to go to the hospital twice a day to receive the IVs, I�m going to be giving them to myself here in the apartment. A nurse will come once a week to bring me more supplies and to change the shunt that will be put in my arm tomorrow. The shunt is there so I won�t have to stick my arm twice a day everyday. I must admit that although I am looking forward to seeing if this really works, I am much less anxious than I was in January. I had to wait 2 months to be sure I was clear of a bacterium in my spinal fluid. So I am starting treatment 3 months after I originally thought I would. Well, enough for today. I hope this goes well, this could be my ticket to health!! Thursday, April 12, 2001 Well, I survived my first day of treatment. Instead of putting a shunt in my arm like I said before, it is actually a pick line (which is a very thin catheter (sp?) placed into one of my veins. I, unfortunately, have very small veins and it almost didn�t work. We were gonna have to go back to the hospital today or tomorrow and have radiology take an x-ray of my veins so they know exactly where there is one to pick. BUT the nurse did a blind stick and found a vein to work. A home healthcare nurse came yesterday and taught me to give the IVs to myself. I gave my morning IV to myself and all went well. I�m not suffering from any side-effects, which is great. I only have a little soreness in my arm from being poked a lot but other than that, nothing. So far, so good. |
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