day 4 - Gopi's treatment

So, they started the chemo, which is basically a drip that lasts about an hour or so, three days ago. That was in the morning. That afternoon they started her radiation. The radiation actually lasted for about 3 minutes.
The next day, Gopi was really drowsy for most of the day. The doc says that this was not because of the chemo or radiation, rather they had given her some sedatives to minimize the nauseating effects of the chemo. The radiation was repeated again in the afternoon.
Gopi was feeling some discomfort and some soreness on day 2 and day 3. On the night of day three (yesterday) she started to run a fever (about 100.2) and so they gave her some meds and antibiotics. She was feverish, a bit cold and was sweating. So, the docs decided that they would not do any radiation today (day 4) to give her a break.
In addition to the treatment Gopi has been taking some ayurvedic medicine - Maharishi (mahesh yogi on TM fame) Amrit Kalash - which is two products: a jelly/jam and pills- which some studies have shown to help fight cancer and improve general health, and some capsules called (believe it or not) Cruel, which have been used for improving immunity in cancer patients (the Cruel caps have gold powder, silver powder and other herbs etc).
Today, we were lucky that we got connected with some devotees (Kishan Das) who run a prasad distribution business here for the students. So, we got hooked up with some rice, dahl, subji and chaps. We are happy. The hospital provides Gopi's meals and they have been great. They adjust her diet according to her requests every day and a dietician visits her every day and asks her if she is happy with her meal and what she would like different etc.
The kids are a hit here, especially Vrinda, who is very extroverted and young. She has made friends with the nurses on our floor and they play with her (when not busy), she's made friends with students who come and visit her in Gopi's room . One of them bought Vrinda a Rakhi (band) to tie on Gopala. The day before was Rakhi where girls and women tie this thin cloth/string band on the hands of men that they consider their brother. The men/boys are in turn supposed to give the girls/women a gift and promise to protect them.
And there is the ice cream stand. The med school here is ranked about 6th in India. There are students here from about 20 or so different countries, and quite a few indian americans from the US. Anyways there is really nice (certainly for India) cafeteria, with a food court above it that we frequent. In the cafeteria there is an ice cream parlor and they are so taken in by the kids, especially since they know Gopi is ill, that they often give them (and me) free ice cream....