The rest of yesterday passed without any drama. Dr. Nakamura told us that she would be exhausted - I didn't think it was possible for her to be more wiped out than she had from the chemo, but that does in fact seem to be the case. She's also fairly nauseas and overall just feeling crappy. But the good news is that this is all to be expected, and at the very least the nausea will get better in the next few days.
I Nurse Ratched-ed her tonight and made her sit up for 20 minutes, per the physical therapist's recommendation. We started a movie but the TV has a fun habit of turning off every 2 minutes, which shockingly made it hard to enjoy the movie.
One funny thing we noticed today was that Frank and my mom's platelets were the exact same yesterday - 67k. For Frank this is a big dive due to his donation, and for mom this is a high number (due to receiving some in Frank's stem cells - so no cause for a big celebration yet). I like to think there's something symbolic about their numbers lining up on Day 0 - Convery siblings united in more ways than one!
I'm driving back up to SF tomorrow and handing off caregiving duties to Nora, Ainate, and Una who arrived this evening. Frank will be heading back to Ireland on Sunday - we will miss him tremendously.
Keep the card, notes, emails, etc., coming - each one brings a smile to her face.
Una excited for her first road trip! (she promptly pooped on this outfit and had to be changed)
Frank; The being that manages the "Great Ledger" just recorded a huge number of credits to your account. Thank you so much for what you have done. Doug
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