Hydration

Hydration involves giving lots of fluids to a patient.
In chemotherapy it is used to flush out some of the toxic drugs used, such as methotrexate.
One of the benefits for Maddy in hitting her methotrexate target level yesterday is that she no longer has to recieve high levels of hydration. Whilst not uncomfortable in itself, it did mean that she had to get up every two hours - day and night - to visit the bathroom. (Getting out of bed and moving around when you're attached to a drip trolley is quite a logisitical operation).
She's sleeping better now, as a consequence.
In fact she slept quite a lot yesterday - in the morning becasue she was on no food or fluids as she waited for her IT (intrathecal) procedure . In the afternoon she was still drowsy as she recovered from the general anaesthetic.
Karen looked after Maddy for a few hours later in the day so that Julie could watch Bob (Maddys' brother) in his school play - well worth the effort all round.