Thursday, March 5, 2009

First chemotherapy for this year

Today (5/3/9), mama has completed her first chemotherapy for this year. She was in a very bad mood these few days due to her low blood Calcium level. For this reason, she could not have her scheduled Pami treatment. As a result, doctors decided to change the sequence, that is, moved up her scheduled chemo treatment since, her white blood cell level was ok. So far, she's fine. She has not shown many side effects. After 2 days, the doctors will check her Calcium level again to decide whether the Pami treatment can be given.
This round of her treatment was not going well. After her chemo, her white blood cell level dropped to only 700, which was a dangerous level. The doctors gave her lots of injections to boost it up. Once it reached more than 20,000. She was discharged until it dropped back to about 7000.

She was recently hospitalized again, so that she might do her Pami treatment again. While waiting for the blood Calcium level report, she went to see some eye and throat specialists and she was found to have cysts both in her eyes and throat. That was an additional burden to her, simply because she suspected it had spread to her eyes and throat. She now had the one in her throat removed, and she is waiting for the biopsy report. After so many days of Calcium injections, she finished her Pami treatment today (12/04/09). She will be discharged, I think, in a day or two.