Burt is tolerating the radiation and chemo well. Since the insurance company didn't approve the pill form of chemo he's using an infusion pack for 6 weeks. It's a little pump he carries around in a fanny pack that feeds a continuous stream of the chemo drug to his chest port (like a mini IV). It's a hassle to have it on all the time, I was not sure how we were going to get him comfortable for bed last night. At the last moment, I brought a chair upstairs and we hung the pack on the back of the chair so he would not have to have it on the bed all night. The tubing is quite long and I did not want to get tangled up in that during the night! Or pull it out accidently!
The doctor's office decided that he will wear this 24/7 for the whole 6 weeks, no weekends off. The radiation he has during the week, none on the weekends.
So he's got 4 days of radiation under his belt, only 24 more to go!
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