October 30, 2008

Poor Jaimee, it looks like a vampire bit her on the neck...The surgeon tried to place Jaimee's port on the left side but had some complications with the swollen lymph nodes in the way so they had to place the port on the right side instead...ouchy

Jaimee's room wasn't ready to check into after surgery so we had to push her around in a wheel chair and eat lunch at the cafeteria, which she loved...We finally checked Jaimee in her room just before the the Oncology team came in to consult with us...

Dr. Aremenian gave us a lesson on each Chemo medication Jaimee will be getting (Bleomycin, Etoposide, Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Prednisone, & Procarbazine) and what to expect from all of them...Jaimee also needs to gargle with Biotine and swish and swallow with Nystatin to try and prevent mouth and esophagus sores...Yucky!!!

Since Jaimee's PET scan showed cancer in her bone marrow she did not have to have another bone marrow biopsy...wooohooo...With that said, Jaimee is in Stage 4 B but Dr. Armenian is confident that the, "City of Hope" will cure her from Hodgkin's disease...

Jaimee did have to have 2 units of blood pumped into her since her blood count was so low (8.7)...Jaimee and I were up all night with the nurses checking on her for adverse reactions, vitals and constantly going to the bathroom...The doctor said Jaimee will need more transfusions along the way but we don't know when...Bryce donated on Thursday but I guess it takes a couple days to filter it out so we had to use the blood bank instead...