April 2010
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Chicken Skin
First a quick update on a couple tests Reese had recently. When we were admitted for the last round Reese’s creatinine was high (which could indicate kidney issues) so to be super precautious the docs ordered up something called a GFR which measures kidney function. The results showed things are normal and the raised levels [...]
The Clouds Have Parted!
The clouds have parted, the fog has lifted, the sun is shining….(drum roll please)…..Reese is back with her sweet self!!! For the first time in what seems like an excruciatingly loooooong time Reese was in a really good mood. While I can’t provide scientific proof here’s what I think was going on: apart from the [...]
A Slow Recovery
You know that cartoon where the cat goes in after the mouse but comes out white as a ghost, shaking and murmuring to himself because he got freaked out by what he thought was the world’s biggest mouse, but was actually a kangaroo? I feel a bit like that cat these days: stressed and freaked [...]
To Sum Up This Week
To sum it up I would say this week, er, sucked. Yep, it plain ol’ sucked. Reese got slammed by the antibodies and IL-2 and yesterday the suckiness (how old am I, six???) peaked. Reese slept all day, she barely opened her eyes, barely responded, didn’t eat a thing, didn’t watch any movies, didn’t say [...]
Fevers and PMS Just About Sum it Up
After Monday’s madness things have quieted down around here. Reese is on enough morphine to immobilize a horse so she’s pretty chill. The rashes are gone and she’s peeing again. But the main issue is the fever that has hovered between 38 and 40 degrees since Monday evening. It’s tough on Reese but she still [...]
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