Thought of the Week

  • "Having OCD is like being allergic to life - every waking moment is spent in a state of mental hyper-sensitivity.”

Why am I returning to this blog after so long?

During this next year, this blog will "document" Devin's OCD, and the improvements she makes. In no way is this blog meant to make anyone feel sorry for our trials. We know that trials are merely blessings in wolves' clothing. Because any improvements will be minor and subtle as the days go by, I want to write it all down so that I can look back and see how far Devin has come. If you are a first-time reader, I suggest you begin by reading this post. It will give you some background and show you a starting point. Comments are welcome, but please be kind. This is not an easy illness to deal with. We're all just doing the best we can.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Day -3

Only one more day of chemo, but it's getting tough. Darin throws up at least once a day now. Just now, he threw up so much that the nurse walked out the door with the tub saying, "Marilyn, you gotta see this!" and when he came back, he said it was a world record. We laughed pretty hard about that. They've already given him quite a bit of anti nausea pills, so they gave some IV Benedryl, which is also supposed to help. It's making him see things floating in front of him. It's actually kind of funny.

Other things of interest are that a few nights ago one of the IV tubes came apart and spilled all over his foot. They got it cleaned up before it burned his skin. And then the same nurse forgot to turn of the IV, so he sat there swishing and spitting for an hour and a half, and then looked up to see that it wasn't even going.

Mostly, it's just a lot of TV watching and sitting around.
Posted by Katherine at 2:59 PM
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  1. The NixonsNovember 23, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    Geeze poor Darin! You seem to be in good spirits though....

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