My husband is into the 4th week of his second course of chemo (three more to go!). This week he is also receiving 5-fu. He is on a portable pump which is hooked into his port 24/7 for 5 days. The 5-fu IV bag is replaced daily. His rbc is at an all time low and needless to say � he is feeling exhausted. About 7 hours into the treatment he noticed the IV bag felt very heavy and realized his pump was not working� he hadn�t received any chemo for several hours. I was able to get through to the nurse on call who provided the tech support�turned out it was the battery and we were able to replace. He is sleeping like a baby now as the chemo is slowly but surely pumping away.
I thought we had both adapted to this whole treatment process and it would take a lot to worry us. Wrong! It was only a brief delay but the fear and anxiety was back in a flash.