Code Red

This afternoon I walked out of our room and looked across the hall to see a person from house keeping cleaning the walls with a mop. I remember thinking how great knowing that our room had been cleaned that way and was totally sterile. Within seconds a big noise started and the cleaning people came running out of that room drenched. The fire sprinkler in the ceiling went off and water was gushing out of the room. A code red was called and they shut the door but it filled the hall 4-5 inches deep and started seeping underneath our door. They piled every blanket, sheet, and towel they could find to channel the flood. It was very dirty water that had been sitting in the pipes for a long time so we were evacuated to the out-patient side of the East wing because of the possible exposure to bacteria. Our friend Melanie Balls and her Mother Peggy were our neighbors so we all went to a large room and hung out for four hours. We’ve been moved to room E804.


Today they gave Van a two hour booster dose of high concentrate Methotrexate (Chemo) and then put him on a lower dose over the next 22 hours. So far so good, nausea hasn’t been overwhelming. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. 

Methotrexate (Chemo) goes in yellow the color of Mountain Dew and comes out a beautiful color green.  
I think he's getting ready for St. Patricks Day. 

Van hanging out in a temporary room while firefighters are coming to the call and cleaning up the flood.