Summary of April:
He started the month very nauseous and had to go to the ER on Sunday April 3rd for IV nausea medicine.
Throughout the next week he did okay but was quite nauseous and had mouth sores. At the end of the week he was feeling sick.
The week of the 10th he started feeling a little sicker and was running a low grade fever. The night of Wednesday the 13th his fever went up to 103 degrees and he had to go to the hospital. His white blood count was very low and they had to admit him. He was in the hospital until Saturday and had to have a blood transfusion while he was there. During this week because he was sick he did not get radiation treatment. He was scheduled to have his next round of chemotherapy starting on Monday the 18th. He also started radiation again.
He did the radiation first and then went to get his chemotherapy . His white count was still a little low so they delayed the chemotherapy for a week. On Wednesday when he was going for his daily radiation treatment he was very nauseous and when he was done they sent him over to his doctors for an IV nausea treatment. They were concerned he was so nauseous this far after a chemotherapy treatment and sent him to get an CT scan to see if anything had grown in his stomach or liver and were causing the nausea.
The next Monday April 25th he went in for radiation first. It was his last day and he graduated from radiation. Then we went to see his doctor and have chemotherapy . The doctor told us the results of the CT scan. He said there was no new growths but the cancer had not shrunk either. That doesn't mean it still won't because the radiation can still have an affect weeks after it is done and he still has some chemotherapy rounds to go.
Then he went to the room where they do the chemotherapy treatments and got his treatment. When it was done he got his chemotherapy bag to wear home and was able to go home after a long day. He did okay the next few days.
On Thursday he had an appointment with the pain doctor and he was feeling quite nauseous so after the appointment the doctor sent him to get some IV nausea medicine and some fluids. He felt better when we went home but was already getting mouth sores from the therapy. He went on Friday to get his chemo bag off and was feeling very nauseous again so they gave him another IV treatment. We got some stronger medicine for mouth sores while we were there because they were getting quite bad.
In all, Devin had a rough April.
I'll try and get a summary of May posted here soon.
Thank you for your prayers & faith.
Julie
