Rachel’s port surgery went fine today, other than starting 2 hours late because surgery was behind.
Chemo got started in the evening. This round includes vincristine, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide. The vincristine only takes a couple minutes to go in through the IV and Rachel didn’t even notice when they gave her that one. Doxorubicin came next, which is a bright red color. Seeing that red stuff going through the IV made everything a reality for her and she got really emotional. This one also gave her hot flashes. Cyclophosphamide came last. Rachel remained mostly in good spirits throughout the day, especially considering what was going on.
Rachel got some good news today – she got accepted to her top college choice of University of Vermont! 🙂
Rachel Strong 