This is the 3rd treatment with the new chemo drug. Once again we told the doctors he'd been really sick. Thankfully they've given us an additional medication to help with the nausea. He can take this along with the Zofran he already takes. We're hoping this will help. His color has been pale and he's had dark circles under his eyes, but he seems to have less issues with the nausea.
After talking with doctors about some of the side effects of this new chemotherapy we found out that some weeks Peyton's labs (blood work) might show he isn't strong enough for treatment that week. I asked what that meant. Would we drive all the way to Denver only to be told to go home? To which the doctors replied, "Yes." For that reason we have decided to have local lab work done here in Alamosa each week to determine whether or not to make the trip to Denver on Fridays. The lab here will fax the results to Children's Hospital, and then his doctors will let us know if his counts aren't strong enough for treatment. I would much rather do this than drive all the way to Denver for nothing!! We'll start this next week. Peyton and Landon's sitter, Karen, will do this for us! I can't thank her enough for taking this on. She's awesome and we are lucky to have her!!! I often feel like she picks up where I leave off as mother when I go to work. We are blessed!
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