Today was clinic day, she made counts yesterday so she was able to get her chemo. Her ANC was 1600, that's pretty high, so they escalated the methotrexate to 130ml's, and I am a little nervous about that because she was at 100ml's her first dose when she crashed. Last time she only got 80ml. So we will see how she does with this amount, she would be crashed right in time for Christmas, so I'm kind of planning on having a small family Christmas this year...we'll see. She also got the vincristine and the chemo in her spine, so she was sedated. She did great with the sedation today, thank goodness. I get so nervous every time. The anesthesiologist gave us the option of putting a tube into her lungs so if she vomited again she wouldn't inhale it, but he said she'll be sore from it, so we decided not to do it. That was the right choice, she didn't have any problems at all. She woke up pretty happy, so she must be getting used to it. Clinic is always is so exhausting, it seems to take them forever just to do simple things, there is so much waiting involved. Our appt was 8:00, and I was really hoping to get her chemo in before the lumbar puncture at 9:30 in the RTU, because then we can just go home from there. But we were a few minutes shy, so we had to come back up after her LP and wait again. We got done around noon. They said she bled more than usual on her LP, so I'm watching for pain and stuff like that. I'm gearing up for a rough few days, but we feel ready!! We've had a nice break...

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Stacy said...

I hope Brin does well this week. I just wish I could wave a magic wand and make everything better. Hang in there - we are praying for a good Christmas for you all!