Sunday, January 10, 2010 - Okay, it's been 2 years, 4 months and 1 day since Mady was diagnosed with leukemia on Sunday, September 9, 2007. That also happens to be 20,496 hours, or 1,229,760 minutes, or 73,785,600 seconds (compliments of CalendarHome.com).
Errata: My editor pointed out that Mady was actually diagnosed on Monday, September 10, 2007 (which translates to 20472 hours, or 1,228,320 minutes, or 73,699,200 seconds). We regret the error! :-)
Each day during her treatment she has taken varying numbers of chemo pills (her current bottles are pictured above). She swallowed each one individually since many of them were pretty big, and most of them tasted terrible--even for the short time they crossed her tongue. She usually had a tube of Colgate toothpaste and she would counteract the bitterness with a tiny dab after each pill.
Sometimes she would fall asleep reading in her chair and we would have to wake her up at midnight to take her drugs. Not very fun. The pills came with her everywhere: vacation, camp, and sleep-overs. I believe she didn't miss a single day. By my earlier calculations she has taken 1,069 chemo pills since her treatment started.
I've had a love/hate relationship with her pills. Hate: they are a pain, sometimes made Mady sick, and had plenty of scary potential side-effects; Love: they are destroying the abhorrent leukemia cells and their mechanism for production. I trust that they accomplished their mission...
Tonight Mady took 4 1/2 pills--the last pills of her chemotherapy treatment!
tk
Day 853: 1,069 pills
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3 comments:
Very good news! That's no small feat to take all those pills. I hope you're having a ceremonious dumping of the empty bottles so you won't have to look at them any more.
Sis Carol used to have to take pills with blackberry jelly which she can't stand to this day. She calls it "pill jelly." Hopefully Mady still likes Colgate.
Congratulations on reaching this stage! Wishing Mady continued strength and health!
mary c.
We are overjoyed for this, the END of those pills! Did she also have to take some shots?! I heard it from the "grape vine" that the shots helped develop her soprano voice! We commend ALL of you for your strength and fortitude in succeeding in this arduous journey through the "valley of the shadow....". We love you!XXXXOOOO GP & E
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