T-6

I spoke a little too soon yesterday. When we left Kay last night - the HC/IC unit is not setup for parents to overnight - Kay was OK. Marion phoned at 11:30 and she was still OK but at 4:30am we got call to say that Kay was not feeling well and that she wanted one of us. Marion went over to find that Kay had developed something of an allergic reaction. She was sick, had a headache and was covered in a rash. Also her blood pressure dropped quite a lot. Nothing huge to worry about but still, a step backwards.

By the time that I arrived at 8:30am the worst had passed and the doctor cleared her for the next round of chemo. In fact she got two treatments today, the second being round two of the ATG. Kay was pretty frightened by the prospect of repeating yesterday's experiences but the doctors assured her that the worst of the ATG treatment was over and this indeed seemed to be the case. Both rounds of chemo passed without incident. Kay has been in reasonable spirits, relatively speaking, and when I left earlier was looking forward to watching the "New Yuri Geller", a TV program that should also be subjected to aggresive chemotherapy.

BTW the results of the biopsy of Kay's rash were negative for Shingles. This is good news meaning that we don't need to worry specifically about her developing Shingles during the next weeks. Interestingly the biopsy was not conclusive about the source of the rash.

Tomorrow we expect that Kay will be moved back to her normal room for the remainder of the ATG treatments.

Below, Marion & Kay resting this afternoon as the chemo flows...