4th Treatment

Melissa met with Dr. Miranda to make sure the counts were recovering like they should. The labs looked great! Everything went just peachy at the infusion center. They gave her the adriomyacin slower, and she tolerated it better. Yay! She developed a bad headache towards the end of the cytoxin, and her blood pressure dropped. She still has a significant headache and major nausea tonight, so hopefully it gets better tomorrow! She will have the nulasta injection tomorrow at a lower dose. This should ease the pain. Dr. felt confident with this due to the highest white blood counts she's had so far!
Thanks again for the love we've been shown.  ~ Alexa

Melissa and Suzie took a walk last week

I know that the game plan was to try giving Melissa more fluids after her treatment today. They had done that for the first two treatments but didn't do it last time. The theory was that less fluids may have contributed to the bad reaction she had last time which caused her to get the nulasta shot late. The late shot probably was the reason for her having more pain. It all started with a bad headache though so only time will tell. I will update as soon as I know any more details ~ Nicole