vfw fundraiser

jaimee would like to thank everyone that donated money to her from the vfw christmas party...she is overwhelmed with everyone's thoughtfulness and appreciates the $100.00check given to her...
i'm very sorry this is a month after the vfw fundraiser...i would have written this sooner but was unaware of the whole event...
jodee

Low RBC

jaimee had to have another blood transfusion yesterday...her red blood cell count was down to 7.2 which is very low...this was the reason why jaimee felt so tired and wanted to sleep all day...
jaimee had to have her neulasta shot today to bring up her white blood cell count...hopefully her counts will be up by tuesday, her next clinic/lab test day...
since jaimee's billirubin count was up (she looked a bit yellow) tay and I took a long walk with jaimee at the beach to get some ulta violet rays in her system...what a fun beautiful day...
fyi: tay was amazed with all the dead creatures that were along the way and took pictures of them...she also saved a giant hermit crab from being seagull food...

4th Chemotherapy

jaimee started her 4th chemotherapy on january 2, 2009...
two hours after they started with jaimee's chemotherapy she got sick to her stomach...after eating saltine crackers and diet sprite all day she decided to ask bryce to make her rice soup(juk)with a lot of ginger in it, this was the only thing she wanted to eat and held down...i felt so helpless and bad for her...
jaimee went through four different kinds of anti nausea medications which helped her sleep...she still woke up alomost every hour to go to the restroom...
the nurses were feeling sorry for jaimee and were rubbing her back and trying to make her comfortable...this hospital is absolutely the best place to be, everyone is great here...
in two weeks jaimee will be having a bone marrow test on each side of her hips, pet scan, and a few other tests...they promised jaimee she will not be awake for the bone marrow test which made her very happy...
if all goes well with the tests dr armenian said jaimee may not have to be hospitalized for chemo anymore...wooohooo...

12/30/08 Update

jaimee has been feeling really tired and her joints have been hurting her...last week she had to take medicine for the pain but is doing fine now...
today we went to COH for an unscheduled blood test, jaimee thought her counts were down and might need a transfusion but to our surprise her count went up by .4 which means no blood today...jaimee was hoping for a transfusion so she wont be so tired for the festivities on new years eve and new years day, hopefully she'll feel fine...
jaimee is still on the low side and may still need a transfusion when we check into the hospital on friday...this will be jaimee's 4th treatment...we're almost half way there...wooohooo...
jaimee is off of her diet this week and is having a great time eating everything with shoyu...
we wish everyone a safe and happy new year...
love...jaimee, tay, bryce, and jodee ; )

counts are down

jaimee came back from the hospital last sunday night with a low red blood cell count and had to receive a transfusion last tuesday night...its amazing how a little blood gives her more energy...nancy...sorry we missed you at clinic, we were there from 4pm - 9:45pm...
on friday the 19th all of jaimee's counts were at their low...hopefully the neulasta shot she received today will help bring up her white cell count...
jaimee goes back into the hospital on january 2, 2009 for round four of chemo...we're almost half way there...wooohooo...

Update

Hi Everyone...
Jaimee had a PET scan appointment at 6am last Friday but was unble to go through with it because her glucose count was way to high...Finally last tuesday Jaimee's count was good enough to take her scan and today we received the results...
Dr. Aremian said the lumps went down which is great but because of the Neulasta shot (builds up the white count) Jaimee's WBC was at 71000 which makes it look like she has leukemia in her bone marrow which freaks out the nurses...Dr. Armenian assured us that it's probably the Neulasta that is making the results look bad and we'll have to take another PET scan after two more rounds of chemotherapy...He will lower her dose of Neulasta by 50% and if her count is still to high he may have to take her off of Neulasta before her next scan...
No room in the Pediactric ward this morning :( which was ok cuz we got to give Jai her last good meal (back home) before she checks into the hospital tonight...hopefully the all you can eat sushi digests (cooked) before she gets sick from the chemo, we don't want all that seafood coming back up :0
Jaimee is responding well to her therapy and we will continue with the same treatment with the exception of Neulasta...WoooHooo...
Hopefully Jaimee will be checking out of the Hospital on Monday...

2nd session of chemo

another round of hospital chemo over with...wooohooo
this time was a little worse...5:30, 7:30, and 10:30am jaimee was sick to her stomache from all the heavy chemo...
she slept a lot on friday, saturday, and sunday morning...crackers, diet ginger ale, and water was all she wanted while nauseous...
finally i ordered chicken tenders with bbq sauce, fresh fruit bowl, doctored up her vegetable platter with garlic salt and american cheese, and oredered a diet italian ice which made her feel a lot better...it was amazing watching her eat it all...
everyone at the city of hope are wonderful...all the doctors and nurses that come in compliment the way jaimee looks, acts, and her attitude towards everything...
jaimee always says please and thank you no matter how bad she feels...i'm very proud of her...
mom