Well, nothing has changed much in herself... still can't take food and still has bad runs (antibiotics) but the good news is that her neutraphils and white counts are up slightly... well they couldn't go down! So this is the first sign that things are starting to pickup.
They tried to get some blood from her this afternoon but it was so painful and unsuccessful. So they are taking it tomorrow somehow. A Hickman…
Sal is now neutropenic septic... no neutrophis with infection. Her temperature is up so they have put her on barrier nursing. Everyone visiting have to wear gown and mask. Coupled to that she can't keep anything down, not even water at the moment. She enjoyed sucking crushed ice for a while but they stopped that as she might cut her mouth.
So things are not improving. She had a bad night with vomiting and the runs…
Will it ever end? Sal had a bad day again today with severe acid reflux. Doubled up again. She had told the doc and nurses that she is prone to acid reflux and has a regular prescription of Lansoprazole but they forgot to put it on her drugs sheet and the nurses can't give a drug if it is not on the sheet and it needs a doctor signature to go on the sheet. The upshot was that Sal never got any last night or this morning…
Well the temp and BP are back down and things are looking much better again. What a roller coaster ride this is. The funny thing is that the chemo side-effects seemed OK... just fatigue really. It is the antibiotic that has been the trouble. Looking on the internet (not always a good idea I know!) ciprofloxicin is well known for these kinds of side effects but it is a great antibiotic used to treat Anthrax among other…
Well Sal is now on IV Tazocin, an industrial strength antibiotic as her neutrophil count is 0.0! Her temp is still high and BP now high too.
The oncologist is surprise that her count is so low. It doesn't normally go to zero and it is 2-3 days earlier than normal too. He is talking about lowering the doxorubicin dose next time... or even dropping it altogether. Apparently, there are some trials in the USA that suggest…
