21st May - Day 1

Nothing much happened this morning, few observations were done and his lines (his beads as he calls them) were flushed ready for the treatment. They also gave him 5 tablets to take to fight different infections.

Finally the time came at about 1-2pm they loaded up 2 pumps, one pump with an hours worth of Chemotherapy liquid, (sorry didnt catch the name of it) after an hour that was swapped with a 2nd bag of clear chemotherapy liquid for another hour. on another pump was a 12 hour bag of steroid fluid. I will find out all the proper names etc but the nurses were so busy today they didnt really get time to stop and explain.He also needs eyedrops 4 times a day too.

After the 2nd lot of treatment Jon got sleepy and had a snooze for about an hour, when I left him at 6.30pm he had just had more obs done (temp, bloodpressure etc)

He called me not long after I got home to say hes already been sick twice, hes unsure if its the treatment or something hes eaten, he feels a bit better now, but is pretty worn out.

He had one of his old workmates (Simon) visit him this eve, said it nice to see him again and catch up.