Lauren had her HAMA test done on Monday 2/19 which was then
Fed ex-ed to Sloan where it was run yesterday. If she is HAMA neg (which is what we want), we start the Gm-csf shots that night and head to Sloan Monday night (2/26) to start the next two week round of 3F8 antibodies.
We're still waiting on the results of an immune function test (PHA) that was pulled at the end of the last round. This will tell us how much Lauren's immune system has recovered and how close to normal it is. Unfortunately this test takes 2 -3 weeks to complete so we won't have the results til we go in for the next round. Based on those results we'll talk about when to start checking her vaccine titers and doing revaccinations.
Lauren made an unexpected trip to the Valerie Center on Friday 2/16 because she woke up that morning with a fever of 102 and she's been very cranky and tired lately. Deb was afraid she had caught the nasty flu bug that Timmy had just gotten over. (Poor Timmy was sick for a week with 103 - 105 temp.) Because she still has a central line they had to draw blood cultures to make sure she didn't have a bacterial/fungal infection. Happy to say she doesn't. The fever went away as fast as it came and it looks like she just has a cold.
Even a cold virus is enough to drop her counts though. When Lauren went in Monday for the Hama test her hemoglobin was down to 7.8 and her ANC, which was 2600 (normal) on Friday, it was down to 1000. She went in for a blood transfusion on Tuesday and her ANC was down to 840. Hopefully it won't go down much further. (Once it's below 500 she's considered neutropenic).
Deb is hoping that the blood she got will help take care of the crankies and up her energy level a little.
The new foods of the month are: McDonalds hamburgers (no bun) dipped in ketchup, tostitos chips and wheat thins. Yum Yum! oh and of course raspberries!
Lauren got the go ahead from Dr. Kline to go to an indoor dog show this Saturday, so she will be ring side for Molson's first match show and I am sure we will all have a lot of fun!!
Loves and Hugs :o)
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