Days in the clinic often start a little differently than you are used to at home. Not with breakfast, but with checking a number of essential aspects. In addition to your health, which we check on the basis of your vital functions and a short conversation, we also check the indwelling cannula. We draw some blood and you can just relax in bed while waiting for administration of the medication. After administering the (initial) dose, we check your vital functions again and take another blood sample. We also make a number of ECGs.
After having been given the medication, you may not eat anything for a while, but often you can have lunch a few hours later. There is plenty to choose from! Sweet and savoury, plenty of fruit and yogurt and a choice of various types of bread, crackers or rusks. Participants often eat lunch together, as this is more fun than eating alone!
The afternoons are often free. There are multiple moments at which we take a blood sample, but there is also a lot of time for relaxation. You get an afternoon snack such as raw vegetables or a muesli bar and around 7 pm we sit down for dinner together. We do the last wellbeing check around 10 pm. At that time, there is also a snack for those who feel like it. After a final check of the indwelling cannula, it’s time to go to bed around 11 pm.