Take that Cancer!

Yesterday was my mom's retake on her second round of chemo. She met with Dr. Ward who explained the change in medication. Apparently the chemo she had a reaction to was made from the bark of a tree that grows in the pacific somewhere and the new medicine is from the bark of tree that is grown in europe. He thought that the reaction could also be from the suspension that the chemo is in so that was different this time to. He said the chance of reaction was about 10 percent.

So we went to the infusion center and got her all hooked up with an IV. They were having a hard time finding a vein so both nurses requested she have a port put in, so we got that set up for next time. It will be nice for her to not have to be poked everytime.

We got all settled in our cubical and a few nurses from the last visit came to make sure she was okay. She had become quite famous apparently. As she was getting her blood drawn my mom told the nurse that she had a reaction last week and the nurse asked what day and my mom answered "friday" and the nurse said, "oh, then I know all about it. That was quite the reaction."

They started the chemo at a slower rate to try and prevent a reaction and after about 15 minutes the nurse said we were in the clear.

The infusion room is really nice it overlooks the valley so we sat there and crocheted watched HGTV. She will follow up with Dr. Ward on the 15th and her next infusion is probably going to be the friday after thanksgiving.