We arrived at Riley to have Sam’s port accessed and then headed over to the MRI department for Sam’s 10:45am appointment. They were running behind, so after waiting in the waiting room for a little over an hour, we were called back around noon. Eddie, the MRI guy, had Sam change into some oh so...
Another trip to clinic for bloodwork since Sam’s counts were low the last time tests were ran. Sam was on the borderline for receiving a platelet transfusion the last time we were in and Dr. Pradhan wanted to make sure his numbers were headed in the right direction. Dr. Pradhan let us go home without...
DAY SEVEN
Day Seven of Sam’s Round 8 chemo cycle was just like any other day seven of previous rounds…pretty uneventful! After staying the night in the hospital for the beginning of round 8, we made our way back on day seven for Sam’s second dose of chemo for this round. This dose, a dose of...
After each round of big chemo, Sam comes home from the hospital with fluids. For five nights, he is hooked up to an IV bag and his system is flushed and hydrated with a 10 hour drip. This process flushes out his kidneys, hopefully reducing the amount of damage to them from the heavy doses...
Upon arriving home, it was instantly obvious that our dog Champ had gotten worse over the past 24 hours while I was away in the hospital with Sam. His foot that held his cancerous tumor had begun to ooze and bleed even more, he was licking it constantly, his leg and foot were now swollen,...
