We showed up for Dom’s second scan at 3pm and 30 mins later found out the camera equipment was frozen. So it was suggested we postpone until the next day….
March 14th MIBG scan #2, bone injection/scan & more CVC training.
We had to be at the hospital bright and early for her first scan at 8:20am. Dom was equally terrorized by the machine and cried fearfully for most of the…
March 15th Dom’s 11 month birthday! & no scheduled hospital appointments!
It felt so good to tell Dominique over and over…no hospital today…we don’t have to go…yahooo. Until later in the morning when I listened to voice mail and received a…
March 18th First Day of Chemo and Other Tests
We had to be at the Hospital for 8am to have an ECG done on Dominique. I had no prior concerns regarding any challenges this test could pose. Dominique was…
March 19th 2nd Day of Chemo
Dominique did well during the actual chemo injection. Today she received Etoposide only and a hydration flush so we ended up being at the clinic for approximately 5 hours. I…
March 20th 3rd day of Chemo
The clinic was extremely busy on this date and we could barely find a seat anywhere as we waited with Dom hooked up to her chemo treatment. We did find…
March 22nd Some side effects
Dominique had really bad diarhea on this date. We had been giving her Ondonsetron and a potential side effect is diarhea (and constipation…go figure). She has a really bad diaper rash as…
March 25th Blood Test – Blood Count Check
I was confident that this appointment would be brief and Dom’s levels would be fine. Quite the contrary. When the nurse attempted to draw blood from Dom’s central line…it didn’t…
March 28th Blood Test to Check Her Counts
To ease Dom’s discomfort of the blood test we first went to the oncology clinic and had some numbing cream put on her arm and waited 45 minutes for it…
March 31st Happy Easter
Happy Easter All is well in the Marcotte family. Easter bunny came to visit and Dominique is full of eggs!! Time spent in the hospital on that day: 0 hours!