Chemo Round 3

Round 3 is over. We are half way!

Nat’s treatment went without any problems. Other than her having to be poked and jabbed with a needle and toxic chemical pumped into your body…

Mother's Day with a Mask

Nats side effects this time around have been interesting and not in the best way.
She has chemo on Wed for Thurs thru Sat she feels ok,
Come Sunday she starts to feel very tired and nausea as well as this tingling in all her nerve endings fire off.
I so wish I could do something to take it all away.
Friday night Boo said she wasn’t feeling the best.
Saturday morning she had a fever.
Now a fever in our house with a chemo patient is not a good thing. In fact it could put Nat in the hospital or even kill her.

I took Boo over to Insta care and the Doctor checked her out and said nothing she could see that was causing the fever and that it was probably just a simple virus.

I asked the Dr to test for strep to which she looked at me and started to say that it was not needed but I interrupted her and just said.

Her mom is in Chemo
The Dr smiled and said ok let’s do a test.
Well the test came back negative so we went home with a few masks for Boo to wear when around Nat and instructions to keep doing Tylenol and watch the fever as well as hand washing etc.
So For Church Nat felt extremely tired and Boos was still running a fever.
I had to go teach my Primary class so I told Boo to stay in one end of the house and Nat in the other and I would hurry back as fast as I could.
Well it was heartbreaking to see Boo put on the surgical mask in order to give her mom a hug for mothers day.
At 9 at night we got a call from the clinic telling us that a more through test for strep that the DR had done showed that Boo in deed had Strep Throat and that they had just called a prescription for medicine into a 24 pharmacy that was near by.
I just got back from there.

Not happy that they were not on our insurance but due to the lateness on a Sunday night I just paid full price.But I am grateful that the Dr did a test and even a more in depth test so we were able to catch this early before Boo got worse.

It goes without saying that I think I will be up a lot tonight sneaking into check on Nat and if she has even the slightest hint of a fever.

 

Chemo Round 2

Needless to say I did not sleep well last night.
We are here at Huntsman having Nats round 2.
We started off by having her get blood drawn to send to the lab.
Then met with her Chemo Dr
Then over to infusion to get her hooked up to the machines.
 I was a bit vocal on making sure the nurse all knew what happened last time. In fact I think Nat got a bit upset with me but she didn’t have to look at herself turning purple.
We are almost at the end of the treatment and so far so good.
She is a real trooper and I am so proud of her.
I am so grateful for her Dr and all the team we have here.
Also grateful for the love and prayers from family and friends.
Also grateful that the lunch room at Huntsman has good food.