I am not sure of the exact volumes of fluids before and after the cisplatin treatments but I do remember that there was much preparation with IV fluids before the Cisplatin was administered. If I remember correctly there was a lag time of about four to six hours from the first administration of IV fluids to the introduction of the cisplatin. The cisplatin dripped for approximately three to four hours and then another three to four hours were used for further fluid infusion.

One of Earl's chemotherapy nurses was a lovely woman name Mali who hailed from Australia. She told us a little bit about her life in Melbourne and, when we all discovered that Greg Norman had married recently Chris Evert, she gave us some entertaining stories about "The Shark." Needless to say, she was not impressed.:-)