Done with Round 5! It's always a good feeling when I can go on the website and change the chemo schedule to show another round is finished. Today was pretty much more of yesterday at the clinic. We watched a couple movies and Hannah took a good nap. She really hasn't eaten anything these last couple of days, especially today. She had 4 small cookies around lunchtime, and some corn tonight, that's it. I still have her on the appetite stimulant, but right now she just doesn't feel very well.
I checked back on our other rounds, since we have had these drugs once before and now I have something to compare it to. Last time, this was probably the hardest of the three cycles for her. She ended up having a blood transfusion, then very low counts and in the hospital with an infection. The doctor already mentioned the platlet and red blood transfusions, as he expects that she will need them, next week or the week after. Chemo is cumulative, so after each round, it's more difficult for her body to recover again.
We're still hoping for this weekend for her bake sale, but it's going to depend on how it goes the next few days. She is very happy to have Colby back from her visit with the Graebs for the last 3 nights while she was getting chemo. Colby does help to boost her spirits quite a bit.
Hannah has one more night of hydration tonight, then tomorrow as long as she can drink and/or eat and keep it down, I will deaccess her port here myself. I've done it once before, not really my favorite thing to do since it involves holding the small port located inside her chest with one hand, while yanking the needle out with the other, but there is worse. I'm sure Colby will be the official helper/distracter like she is for Hannah's shots.
xoxo Kim
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