Chemotherapy- Round 9

WOWZA! Round #9 is in the bag! Done and Done! Things started out pretty well. LadyBug was in a great mood. The stars were alligned...Our favorite nurse was there, getting access was quick and painless (well, as painless as it could be). Everything was going great! This month was a pretty easy month for us, no scans, no additional test. Just chemo and home! We were looking forward to a quick visit! 

Then things got interesting... LadyBug started coughing and coughing. Nothing major. Just seemed like a little cough to us. But, it peaked all the nurses interests. They all came running. Turns out kids have been know to have an allergic reaction to the Carboplatine as the treatment goes on. Everything was halted until the nurses could review her symptoms with her doctors. The nurses monitored her closely, no rash appeared, blood pressure was stable, and her breathing was fine so the medical team cleared us to continue forward.

Didn't last long... within a few minutes of starting back up the cough returned. So, we stopped again and waited to see the doctors. LadyBug still looked fine but the symptoms were worrying everyone just a little...She started getting really cranky and just over all miserable. Good thing we had daddy, Netflix, and a sucker to hold us over until the doctor stopped by for a visit! 

When you're not feeling well you can get daddy to do just about anything :)

We're so close. Only 3 more treatments to go. No one wants to stop this protocol and start a new one... It would mean a whole new treatment plan! NO ONE wants that, and I mean NO ONE! So, we slowed things down this month. This particular chemo takes about an hour and fifteen minutes to get, so we added about thirty minutes to see if that helps. Seemed to do the trick this time. Next month, we will give her a dose of Tylenol and Benadryl before we start chemo and pray this does the trick! With only 3 more treatments to go we just need a little fix, something that will hopefully get us over this last little hump....

After the infusion was all done we packed up and high-tailed it out of there! Ladybug was alseep before we were even out of the hospital parking lot. This little girl is definitely stronger than any person I have ever met! Prayers for next month- we're going to need them!