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The Chemo has been very hard on mom. You name a symptom and she has it or had it. The main problem is extreme fatigue. However, this second round hit her hard. Because her red blood cell count was low they almost did not treat her to begin with, but the Dr said she was not at the very bottom number so they proceeded with treatment.
Her symptoms dont seem to hit until the 3 and 4 day, which is what happened. She was in bed all day on Sunday and extremely tired then other symptoms started to hit. She was also carrying a low grade fever and we were told to monitor the fever and give her tylenol. We also needed to watch for other signs of infection, like coughing, congestion, things like that.
On Monday we called our nurse Sarah and can you beleive she was on vacation for a couple days! LOL She does have a back up, her name is Beth. We explained what was going on so they wanted us to bring her in so they could hydrate her via IV and push some other meds. Of course they also wanted to check her blood. Well, her white count was very very low. Previously she had been a 7.0 and was now .7! So they had to admit her to the hospital.
She has what they call NEUTROPENIA and this is a common side effect from Chemo. They admitted her to the hospital because she was so low and is very very suseptible to infection. They will treat her with Neupogen and/or Neulasta. This will make her feel alot better but the Dr said she can not be released until the counts go up. He explained that she will feel better immediately but her counts wont be up that will take some time. He said she will probably be there for about 3 days.
She will not be getting her treatment this Thursday, which personally I do NOT have a problem with that at all! What the next steps in treatment will be I have no idea but will keep you posted.
I need to do some heavy cleaning around here before she comes home and I also read that you should not have fresh flowers around. So I guess I have to Neutropenize the house. I am going to ask specifics on what I need to do, so looks like I better get busy!!!!!
I just want to give a shout out to CARLA-CARRIE-ROBBON AND MICHELLE!!!!! I love you guys and thanks for being there for me/us
Angela and all, we continue to pray that Gods peace and love will comfort you. I have a dear friend that just lost a brother to this same cancer and oh how sad to endure this heartache!! I have asked for prayer request for all of you. I pray for a peaceful jurney for Connie and that Gods mercy will make make this less heartbreaking for Lee, Allen, Paige, You and the rest of the people who LOVE Connie!! I will continue to read your blog and pray for you all. Love Sharon C.
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