Ani and I attended Tarush's Carol singing session at his school and then
went to pick up Ma as she was going to get discharged today.
Ma has taken the chemo very well and was up and about today post the over-night observation. She had a good night sleep and was sitting and watching TV when we went to pick her up this morning. She was very eager to go home and leave the hospital. We started the discharge procedures and then waited as we were to be given the green signal. This would take some time since the papers had to be sent to the insurance agency who had to approve and send the same back. In the meantime, Dr. Shekhar Patil came and visited us and was very happy with the progress with Ma. He told her that she had nothing to worry about and was good.
We were given the discharge summary which contained the do's & dont's to take care of Ma over the next few days. She had to live her regular life with regular diet but no food from outside, not even bakery products. All food consumed by her has to be cooked at home and fresh. While she can and should have fruits, we were told to avoid chickoo and grapes as their skins are very thin and the pesticides can be absorbed by the fruits directly. Also any fruits given to her should be washed and peeled. All vegetables should be boiled and cooked well and her water should be seperate as well. She needs to avoid crowded places and dusty places. All this is to ensure that she does not catch any infections since her immune system will be at its weakest. The worst part was when the doctor told us that we should avoid non-veg as much as possible and give her less fish. I don't think that's going to happen. How can you take away fish from a Bengali??!!!
We have been informed that if she has fever, is very weak, does loose motions for 3-4 times a day, has excessive vomitting or does not eat well; we have to get her to the hospital asap.
Other than that she has a dosage of over 3-4 tablets per day which include one of the chemo ones, specifically Prednisone.
While all this was happening, I was busy with the discharge paperwork and Baba was frantically calling every few minutes to check if we have left. In the middle when electricity went off in our building Baba actually caught hold of the security guard and got him to switch on the generator asap lest Ma comes and she has to climb up the stairs. Too much love is happening now and that is so cute to see!
We were finally discharged at 1pm and we started for home reaching home by 1.30. Ma had her lunch and medicines and took some rest watching her favorite TV serials.
We now have to keep watch and take care over the next few days as these will be crucial. Her next chemo has been fixed for 9th Jan prior to which she needs to have a blood test done on 28th Dec and 8th Jan.
Keeping fingers crossed that she has minimal side effects to deal with. If the side effects are little, she will get more confidence to deal with this the next time around. She already has gained some confidence when she went through the chemo with ease.
Ma has taken the chemo very well and was up and about today post the over-night observation. She had a good night sleep and was sitting and watching TV when we went to pick her up this morning. She was very eager to go home and leave the hospital. We started the discharge procedures and then waited as we were to be given the green signal. This would take some time since the papers had to be sent to the insurance agency who had to approve and send the same back. In the meantime, Dr. Shekhar Patil came and visited us and was very happy with the progress with Ma. He told her that she had nothing to worry about and was good.We were given the discharge summary which contained the do's & dont's to take care of Ma over the next few days. She had to live her regular life with regular diet but no food from outside, not even bakery products. All food consumed by her has to be cooked at home and fresh. While she can and should have fruits, we were told to avoid chickoo and grapes as their skins are very thin and the pesticides can be absorbed by the fruits directly. Also any fruits given to her should be washed and peeled. All vegetables should be boiled and cooked well and her water should be seperate as well. She needs to avoid crowded places and dusty places. All this is to ensure that she does not catch any infections since her immune system will be at its weakest. The worst part was when the doctor told us that we should avoid non-veg as much as possible and give her less fish. I don't think that's going to happen. How can you take away fish from a Bengali??!!!
We have been informed that if she has fever, is very weak, does loose motions for 3-4 times a day, has excessive vomitting or does not eat well; we have to get her to the hospital asap.
Other than that she has a dosage of over 3-4 tablets per day which include one of the chemo ones, specifically Prednisone.
While all this was happening, I was busy with the discharge paperwork and Baba was frantically calling every few minutes to check if we have left. In the middle when electricity went off in our building Baba actually caught hold of the security guard and got him to switch on the generator asap lest Ma comes and she has to climb up the stairs. Too much love is happening now and that is so cute to see!
We were finally discharged at 1pm and we started for home reaching home by 1.30. Ma had her lunch and medicines and took some rest watching her favorite TV serials.
We now have to keep watch and take care over the next few days as these will be crucial. Her next chemo has been fixed for 9th Jan prior to which she needs to have a blood test done on 28th Dec and 8th Jan.
Keeping fingers crossed that she has minimal side effects to deal with. If the side effects are little, she will get more confidence to deal with this the next time around. She already has gained some confidence when she went through the chemo with ease.
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