September 7, 2012: Chemo ROUND 3 (half way there)

Britt’s chest x-ray came back clear of infection so we headed down to UCLA for round 3 of chemo.  Mom, Ali, Grammie, Grandma Lian, Grandpa Sandy, Ryan and Kyle accompanied Britt to her appointment.    She has become a pro, knows the drill; weigh in, blood draw, urine test, wait.  If all looks good on her blood and urine tests they hook her up to an IV and it all starts; saline, anti-nausea, mezna, chemo, saline, mezna, saline. Tests came back good so they went ahead and increased her Cytoxan (chemo) dosage by 25%.

 Her main nurse today was Gilbert.  She says he does a really good job getting the cath into her arm with little pain.  Thank you Gilbert!!!  The nursing staff at the UCLA Infusion Center are all so friendly and helpful.  We just LOVE them!  So the day goes by quickly with lots of visitors, phone calls, text messages, words with friends games going back and forth and little projects that we bring to do.   

At one point she felt burning in her head and nose (due to the drip pushing too quickly); they slowed down the drip and finished the treatment. 

Today she had treatment with one of the friends that we made, Jordan.  He was accompanied by his father, Dennis and brother Gregg.  Very nice family.  Dennis even helped us with one of our projects we were working on tying bows.  Thank you Dennis!!!  We have met some very nice people here and made some new friends.

  She left there in good spirits but the increased dosage had more of an effect on her over the next few days.  She was very tired and just felt, “DIFFERENT” as she put it.  Not herself.  But by Tuesday, she was feeling much better; back in business and back to work.