6/30/06. We just returned Wednesday night from Scottsdale for moms second round of chemo. We drove up this time, but took dads motorhome so mom traveled pretty comfortably. Mom handled her full dose of chemo on Tuesday and was able to visit her sisters at the same time. Wanda lives in Scottsdale, and Ruth is staying with Wanda while she recovers from her recent heart attack. Ruth just happened to have a check up at Mayo at the same time and on the same day as mom had her chemo scheduled, so they were able to have a nice visit during that time. 24 hours after moms chemo Mayo gave her an injection of neulasta. ( which is a medication that trys to help keep her white blood cell count from falling as to help prevent infection.)
Yesterday mom felt great! She even went to Kellys' spa for a facial and manicure. However, by 10 that evening she started to have bone pain. We were told this is a common side effect of neulasta, so for now we think the pain is related to this injection and not directly related to chemo. When I talked to dad this morning mom was in a lot of pain. Finally the vicodin kicked in and as of an hour ago she was sleeping. It is so hard to see someone you love in pain and feel so helpless. I pray that this pain leaves her quickly. Monday she will have her weekly blood test and we will see if the neulasta was effective on her wbc. Dr.Riewe (moms Dr, next door neighbor and friend) has been so helpful to get these results back to us as quickly as possible.
I plan to visit mom tomorrow so I will update a post then, as well as try to add some recent photos.
Please continue to focus positive energy and thoughts on my mother. She deserves them all!! Bye for now, Michelle