Hello there...my avid and keen readers who comes and go from the bumblebee's corner...
Pink Panther was exposed to my blog when we were strikened with this notorious cancer...and he asked me...Mami why bumblebee?
Yeahhh...why bumblebee? Now I wonder too..why that? May be its just me...buzzing left and right..in and out of people's life and scene...and its cute....hahaaaa...
Anyway...back to my scene...at Nilai Cancer Institute...so far we were handled with tender loving care all the way...by the centre's oncologist Dr Kananathan..bless him Lord for his gentle ways and patience and understanding. The 25th September, Friday 2009 we were sent to National Cancer Society in KL for Pink Panther's bone scan...a real satisfaction and a real comfort to me knowing that the spread of the notorious Mr Cancer is only at some points which were known to us earlier and not as I have gravely imagined when it was explained by the doctors in Kuching. According to them Pink Panther's prognosis were not so promising...into stage 4 and I was even given 6 months...Can you my dear bloggers imagine that? I was told to go home...and get things in order...is that supposed to make me feel better...was it supposed to comfort me in this dispairing moment? God...please be there for me...that was all that i whispered to my mind and heart...when I do fall please Lord, provide me with all the cushions...and make my fall a feather light one...and capture me in your mighty and loving comforting arms...the picture here....remember that furry mammal..Tarzan and Jane...that is what i will need...catch me please Lord when I do fall and collapsed...Amen
So back to Pink Panther and his treatment... a chemo port was planted on the evening of 24th September, 2009..that's where all the medications go thru..no more pricking on the blood veins where it leaves your body with black and blue bruises and daily blood tests were done to monitor his blood count..red and white blood count..while in between planning for his treatment were laid out and explained by Dr Kana. On Wednesday, 30th September, 2009 was planned..Pink Panther's 1st chemotherapy...the medications invovled were Cetuximab,Vinorelbine and Cisplatin....what a mouthful that is...anyway they are all drugs to combat them cancer cells. The 1st reaction to Cetuximab brought Pink Panther to the North Pole...he was shivering throughout...with high fever. The joke here was..he saw penguins...and for myself...speechless beyond words..i watched all the medical administrations given to him..and coincidently it was the hour of mercy...so dearest St Faustina I prayed for her intercession to the dear Merciful Divine Master...thru the Chaplet of DIVINE MERCY....once again...the Lord let his presence known to me...he is indeed walking beside me...at the very significant moment...a time of need thru this trial...Praise the Lord!!! The chemotherapy was continued the next day with the other 2 medications. On the 2nd October, 2009 we were discharged from the ward and we moved to my room on the residential wing. Then the day came...Saturday, 3rd October, 2009..what i feared the most...the much awaited reaction..FEVER...he was shivering and came the fever...immediately called the nurse and we were told to go to the emergency ward for assistance...in the end we were admitted....back to the ward again...so the continuos up and down of fever continued for next few days...the blood count was badly affected...injections were given to perk up the body's own production of the white blood cells..so that weekend was spent back in the ward again. On 5th October, 2009 morning we were told by Dr Kana that the schedule for the next chemotherapy was cancelled..due to the fact he needed time to strengthen his system..body resistance. The next chemotherapy session will be scheduled for next week..tentatively on the 14th and 15th October, 2009 so its a good break for me to feed him and regain his strength....so ciao to all who peeps into bumblebee's corner.
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