Dominique had a blood test today. Results show she’s ready for chemo tomorrow! Our appointment is at 9:45am and we should be in the clinic for most of the day. Tomorrow Dominique…
June 5th 1st day of cycle 4 chemo.
The clinic was very busy this morning. It took about 45 minutes for Dominique to get all hooked up to her chemo. Angela was in the clinic to visit us while…
June 6th Almost done!
Yesterday, after Dominique woke up from her nap, she was quite nauseated and couldn’t keep her dinner down. She is also really frustrated because she wants her bottle but can’t…
June 7th Last day of chemo!
Dominique was really tired in the clinic on this day and didn’t do any playing at all. She spent most of the time on our lap watching videos then was curling up…
June 11th a few more photos…
So far Dominique has been as expected. I always get fooled every cycle. I think to myself “Dominique doesn’t seem to be sick anymore…maybe I can stop giving her the…
June 12th Decent results
Dominique’s blood counts are low, but high enough so she doesn’t need a transfusion. Her ANC (ability to fight infection) is pretty much zero so we gotto try and be cautious. …
June 19th check-up
Dominique had a check up and blood test today. Her blood counts are really low and she will get a platelet blood transfusion tomorrow morning. She is borderline for needing a…
June 20th Transfusion
Dominique had her platelet transfusion today. Our appointment was for 8:30am but the nurse called just before we left to tell us that the bag of platelets got punctured so…
June 21st Pale warm, and cranky
Dominique’s temperature has been on the warm side since yesterday…slowly creeping up. Today it reached 37.4….38 is a guaranteed hospital stay. In addition she has been very lethargic and pale…
June 21st2 keeping our fingers crossed
We went to the clinic for a check up. Dominique’s temperature is still on the high side 37.3 but low enough to keep us out of the hospital. We will have…