Who (or what) is Pacman? He is the cute and cuddly pink pig that Sara brought with her to the chemo treatment center today, along with her childhood pink blanket. Sara named the pig “Pacman” (or Pac) so that she could imagine killing the cancer cells by Pac running around and eating all of the cancer cells in his path.

Sara did well with her first chemo treatment today, and is now sporting a handy pack, which holds her pump which will continue to pump chemo into her system for 48 more hours. For the moment, she is feeling quite good, even a bit “hyper”, as a high dose of steroids was included in her chemo infusion today. This should start to wear off by tomorrow however. The steroids should also help a bit to increase her appetite. Now it’s time to wait and see if she has any side effects from the treatment, and look forward to ridding her of the cancer cells!

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