The chemo drug was hooked up around 2 am this morning (a little later than we thought) and Sawyer ended up staying awake until then. Added with the frequent checks of temp and blood pressure and the IV monitor setting off false alarms, he's pretty tired today. But overall feeling well. He had a good breakfast - yes, he had his pancakes! And is now off again working on math and biology with the tutor.
I was surprised to see in this morning's edition of the USA Today newspaper an article about the drug he's currently receiving, methotrexate. It said that up until last week there had been quite a concern about an expected national shortage of the drug since one of the four US manufacturers had stopped production. But the other three have now picked up the slack. I'm very glad to read that after the fact and not to have seen it before! It's a pretty crucial drug in his protocol and could negatively affect his overall outcome if he isn't able to receive it when he's supposed to.
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