by James & Shannon | Jul 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rough start this morning in IR. They were much quicker today, 2.5 hours vs 4, but Shannon had an overall bad experience today. There was a different physician performing her intrathecal chemotherapy today. This particular doctor didn’t seem as skilled as...
by James & Shannon | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Late Update – Didn’t post an update last night. Dr Sukumar and his Residents stopped by, he’s the Oncologist/Hematologist rounding this week. Dr Abuasab is off and will be visiting family in Jordan. Good news: there’s no cancerous cells in her...
by James & Shannon | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Not a whole lot happened today. Both the attending physician and the oncologist stopped by. All of Shannon’s labs are in normal range. Her white blood cell counts is starting to drop but it’s still within normal range. No fevers. No signs of infection....
by James & Shannon | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
No major events last night, other than a little bit of nausea. The night shift nurse gave her a PRN (As Needed) antiemetic (anti nausea) drug by mouth. It cleared it up and made her drowsy. We were up and down quite a bit last night. It seemed like every hour or two....
by James & Shannon | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon tolerated her chemo last night and this morning with no issues, no side effects. She has eaten well and went for a walk, several laps, around the unit this afternoon. Both Dr. Fakess and Dr. Abuasab stopped by this morning. No news and they were both glad to...
by James & Shannon | Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today was a good day. Shannon had her 1st chemo infusion late last night and another one this morning. No issues with either infusion. She had no nausea and her pain is much better today. She probably had her best night of sleep last night. Dr Fakess (the...
