9/23/08
Soni's had her blood draw on 9/18. It was boarder-line to being too low, so they wanted her to come back on Monday 9/22 for another one to see what the trend was. It was even lower yesterday, so she is having a blood transfusion today Tuesday 9/23/08. She was exceptionally tired last night as would be expected for a low blood count. Hopefully pumping some new juice into her today will perk her back up. Between her being a sicky (cancer) and me being a cripple (on crutches with a plantar faciitis, bad hip & shin), we are a mess! We used the valet parking at the hospital today and they looked at us like "How did you two even get here?"
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
9/09/08
Soni's 8th & last chemo was all day yesterday. She was supposed to see her main doctor, but he was overbooked and they had to switch on her. Of course, she had the one that she least likes. However, he was OK, but jut didn't give her all the data that we were expecting. But then, Dr. Harker, her main doctor, wouldn't be able to give her any more info anyway until after her next PET-scan on 9/29/08. Her blood count this time had not changed a whole lot.
She will go back for another blood draw on 9/18. We won't know what the next step after the PET-scan will be until we get those results back. So far, if the tumor has not gone, the options seem to be a self-bone marrow transplant or participate in a trial study. Radiation is out of the question because the tumor is located near the intestines and therefore can move around which makes it impossible to zero in with radiation and not destroy the good cells in that area. We didn't know that a tumor in that region could move around, but that's what they tell us. So for now, it's wait and see.
Soni's 8th & last chemo was all day yesterday. She was supposed to see her main doctor, but he was overbooked and they had to switch on her. Of course, she had the one that she least likes. However, he was OK, but jut didn't give her all the data that we were expecting. But then, Dr. Harker, her main doctor, wouldn't be able to give her any more info anyway until after her next PET-scan on 9/29/08. Her blood count this time had not changed a whole lot.
She will go back for another blood draw on 9/18. We won't know what the next step after the PET-scan will be until we get those results back. So far, if the tumor has not gone, the options seem to be a self-bone marrow transplant or participate in a trial study. Radiation is out of the question because the tumor is located near the intestines and therefore can move around which makes it impossible to zero in with radiation and not destroy the good cells in that area. We didn't know that a tumor in that region could move around, but that's what they tell us. So for now, it's wait and see.
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