Risk Assessment

I typically follow “the rules”. I exercise, eat well, buy organics, put Alyson through all these treatments, leave Bradyn at home to comply with the new “flu guidelines” at Clinic and so forth. More to the point of this discussion, I am very patient when it comes to needing to stay in the hospital. “The [...]

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Happily, Lots to Report

Alyson’s “rash” is actually a chemical burn from the Ara-C she had received. This type of reaction is typically seen only at much, much higher doses. In the future, when our protocol calls for another dose, Alyson will be given some hydrocortizone to mitigate the burn. She is now peeling like a snake all over [...]

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Scary Day

Alyson is still rockin’ the fevers. The Tylenol is barely keeping them down to 100 F now. Three antibiotics & one anti-viral from before with an anti-fungal added today. Her throat hurts so badly that we’re going with a morphine drip via IV in about 10 minutes. She had to have a CT scan today [...]

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