Hello Friends....Bill again,
Today was a pretty long day. We went in to get platelets and about halfway through, Erin started breaking out in hives and feeling itchy all over. Normally she will get one and only one hive and then she is fine. So, they stopped the transfusion and gave her additional benedryl to try to get the hives to go away. After about an hour and a half the hives were still present and the PA prescibed a Hydrocortisone steroid via IV to see if that would settle the reaction down. After being there 4 hours, it was decided just to forego doing any more platelets and they let us go home. It wasn't a total loss...Erin beat me at Skip-Bo twice while we were sitting in the transfusion center.
Erin has also been having some headache pain and feeling a little dizzy if she stands up too fast which is usually a sign that she needs blood. So we inquired about that before the reaction to the platelets. The bottom line is that we are headed back to the clinic in the morning to get labs again and see if she needs blood and possibly additional platelets. Our prayer is that they will give her the blood products tomorrow that will make her feel better and that her WBCs will start to recover.
I forgot to mention that when we were in the clinic yesterday, we had asked about Erin's eye pain and the PA told us that it was a typical side affect of the Cytarabine and that while it was uncomforable it was not anything that would harm her eyes or vision. He said to just keep taking the eye drops which should keep the pain to a minimum until the chemo affects subside. So that is a praise!
Well that's about it for now. As always, thanks for all the continued prayer support.
Blessings...... Bill
"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen." - 2 Peter 3:18
3 comments:
Sorry about the hives, but that's good news about Erin's eyes. We'll be praying she can get those platelets tomorrow and get to feeling better!
sweet sweet Lord, continue to be there in the midst of all these things....
Hello Miss Erin:
Hope you're feeling well today. Dr. Butz is on the lake trip with the senior high group. I had been bad so they wouldn't let me go. ;-)
Still have the main line? If they won't take it out and you're ready for it to go, let me know. Dr. Butz and I aren't scared. We'll pull it right out for you. No problem... other than getting enough help to hold you down for the procedure. Plus, we'll give you additional M&M's for the "discomfort" of letting us do it.
Can't wait to see you again!
All Our Love and Prayers!
Dr. Ken and the
Blessing-Moore-Butz Team.
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