The Ups & Downs…
This past week of recovery from her 3 -Day Chemo was a difficult one. The 3-Day chemo is always the hardest on her because it really affects her tastebuds and eating. For 2 days she had a massive headache and only ate ice chips. So after not eating for a couple days, she started venturing out to try things again, and one of the things she was craving for 2-days was Baskin Robins ice cream cake…not so much the ice cream part, but the cake. So, one night at 7:30pm when she asked for it, off I went to Baskin Robins.
When I brought it home she ate all the cake part, the frosting, and two small bites of the ice cream. This was a win…or so we thought. Because a couple hours later Hutton puked and had other stomach issues. Pretty sure it was food poisoning as she exhibited all those symptoms. Thank God, she did not spike a fever, she was just miserable as we all know how food poisoning makes us feel. After a very rough night, the very next night she was in pain. She had not taken any of her pain medication because she was afraid they would make her puke. But after getting up every hour to rub her back (because she would wake up in pain), at around 3am, I finally convinced her to take one of her pills, and she was able to get some sleep. Thankfully that was the little confidence she needed to start taking her pain medication again, but she still wasn’t eating. We think this bout of “food poising” affected her lab counts, because we got word that she was low, and had to take her up to UCLA for a platelet transfusion, which she hates to do. The good news, was that on the way up to UCLA she mentioned she wanted to try In-n-Out when she was done. So before we jumped into the 3 hour trip home (and yes, I am not exaggerating on that time) we stopped and In-n-Out and she ate like a champ, thus beginning her turn back uphill.
She has been eating much better now, and Steph even got her outside for a few hours where she rolled herself around the back yard, and figured out a way she could play fetch with the dogs. The last 3-days she has asked to spend an hour or so outside which we are so happy about and can see how much better that makes her feel.
Her next chemo session, which will be her 5-Day, got pushed to this Wednesday, so as long as the labs she gets on Tuesday are good, she will only be off schedule by a couple days. We are still praying for the chemo to be as effective as it has been, and that these upcoming rounds will come and go with no unexpected trips to the hospital.
As far as her mobility, she is getting better and stronger every day. She still cannot move too much on her own and is unable to walk, but her pain seems to be well managed and she continues to make small incremental improvements. She still has a long road to recovery so we are praying or strength and the ability to celebrate the small wins.
