Dominique had one last blood test to make sure she is ready for her next cycle of chemo. Everything checked out and her new central line works. Her chemo is scheduled for the…
April 7th Surgery #2- Central Line Replacement
Our surgery time to get Dom’s central line replaced was set for 9am this morning. We had to be at the hospital at 7:30am. …with the “spring ahead” time change it really meant 6:30am. …
April 6th Bald is Beautiful
Well the deed has been done. It is not too late to donate. You have till the end of April to send your donations. Time spent in the hospital on…
April 5th Another Visit to the ER
It was around 5:30pm, Sylvain had just come home from work and I was getting ready to make us some Friday night poutine. I decided to change Dominique’s diaper before I…
April 3rd Some Good News
Today we went for blood test #3 to find out how Dom’s blood counts were and to meet with the Dr. Bond to find out what is going on with the…
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!
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 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 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 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…