Today marks the third week for Alyson and me living at the hospital. Due to renovations, we had to move rooms earlier this week. We’re now in 714. Alyson had another CT scan on her chest and abdomen. Once again, it turned up nothing. (Which is a good thing.) No fluid in the lungs nor [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
