8/31/08
Soni's blood draw Friday was 1 point higher than the 1st one on Thursday. It went from 28.1 to 29.1 ... whatever that means. I'm assuming it means red platelets per whatever unit of blood. (From what I can find on the web, I think it is per mL)
The next chemo is on 9/08.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
8/29/08
Soni had a blood draw yesterday and the platelet count was low. They will do another blood draw today to see what the trend is... whether still going down, or has it stabilized. It had been around 31 but was down to 28 yesterday. If it drops to 24, they will do a blood transfusion.
The prednisone that she takes for 5 days after each chemo and the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey seemed to help some this last time. She was still shaky but not quite as tired.
Hopefully her blood draw today will at least be stable. The next chemo is on 9/08.
Soni had a blood draw yesterday and the platelet count was low. They will do another blood draw today to see what the trend is... whether still going down, or has it stabilized. It had been around 31 but was down to 28 yesterday. If it drops to 24, they will do a blood transfusion.
The prednisone that she takes for 5 days after each chemo and the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey seemed to help some this last time. She was still shaky but not quite as tired.
Hopefully her blood draw today will at least be stable. The next chemo is on 9/08.
Monday, August 18, 2008
8/18/08
Soni had the EKG last Wed. 8/13/08 and chemo #7 today. The EKG showed her heart to be doing great with no problems from all the chemo drugs that have been pumped into her.
The prednizone(sp?) that she takes for 5 days after each chemo has had the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey.
Her blood draw will be on the 28th of Sept. and the next chemo on 9/08.
Soni had the EKG last Wed. 8/13/08 and chemo #7 today. The EKG showed her heart to be doing great with no problems from all the chemo drugs that have been pumped into her.
The prednizone(sp?) that she takes for 5 days after each chemo has had the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey.
Her blood draw will be on the 28th of Sept. and the next chemo on 9/08.
Friday, August 8, 2008
8/08/08
Soni met with Dr. Harker today. He had bad & good news. The good is that there is still progress being made in the shrinking of the cancer. The bad is that it is not as rapid as he had hoped. So after the next 2 chemo treatments, he will do another PET-scan and if it is not completely gone, she will need to have radiation... which, of course, she is definitely not looking forward to.
She will have an EKG next Wed. 8/13/08 before the next chemo on Mon. 8/18/08.
Soni met with Dr. Harker today. He had bad & good news. The good is that there is still progress being made in the shrinking of the cancer. The bad is that it is not as rapid as he had hoped. So after the next 2 chemo treatments, he will do another PET-scan and if it is not completely gone, she will need to have radiation... which, of course, she is definitely not looking forward to.
She will have an EKG next Wed. 8/13/08 before the next chemo on Mon. 8/18/08.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
8/02/08
Soni had a PET-scan yesterday (Friday, 8/01/08), to see if either a) the PET is still there or whether b) the cancer is still shrinking. We will find out next weekend when she has blood drawn on Thursday before talking with Dr. Harker on Friday, 8/08/08. Her PET (me) is still here, but we hope the other little beast has decreased its presence! She has run out of energy today and her legs and feet are hurting due to retaining water and swelling.
Soni had a PET-scan yesterday (Friday, 8/01/08), to see if either a) the PET is still there or whether b) the cancer is still shrinking. We will find out next weekend when she has blood drawn on Thursday before talking with Dr. Harker on Friday, 8/08/08. Her PET (me) is still here, but we hope the other little beast has decreased its presence! She has run out of energy today and her legs and feet are hurting due to retaining water and swelling.
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