Yondelis In

They accessed Killian's port for the first time (ouch) to administer the Yondelis (a.k.a. Trabectedin, a.k.a. ET-743). Last night, he experienced what he described as a "squishing" of fluids near his heart. They immediately did an EKG as he was experiencing this symptom and saw no disturbing heart activity. This morning, this symptom was gone and they proceeded on schedule. One doc, late last night, said that sometimes the central line ports have to settle in and once it lowered at bit, he might not feel that sensation. That doc was right, thank goodness. Killian was all geared up for this, and a delay would have been damaging to his psyche.

Killian's been receiving the drug for 8 hours now. he's eaten lunch and is now eating tomatoe soup and grilled cheese - no sign of nausea. He says he feels nothing - except boredom (he can't even leave this ward). This is a good sign toward his being able to tolerate Yondelis. We'll know even more in the a.m. We had a defective pump last night, which beeped mercilessly all night. They've switched out pumps and are putting all fluids in through his central line and we all hope for some peace tonight.