Another Day, Another Adventure

Oh how I wish it was just another load of laundry.

We have to move to the Rituximab treatment, the first treatment will start tomorrow at 8 a.m. It has to be infused very slowly so this will be a six hour process (allergic reaction risk for the first dose – it could be fatal – that’s why they take it so very slow).  It will be done in the chemo lab at the Josephine Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit - he will be closely monitored.  From what I understand it’s the first dose that is so risky, there are other side effects as well and we’ll just keep our fingers crossed he doesn’t get them. 

We will have to have four treatments, the 2^ndtreatment is already scheduled for 1/23.

They will schedule what is called a "2^nd Tag Red Blood Cell Scan" (to determine if there is any part of his spleen left or hiding attached to another organ) in the near future but right now with his hemoglobin at 7.6 they have to treat with Rituximab, that has to be the first priority. If his hemoglobin drops below 7 he will have to return to the hospital. 

Austin, is Austin, immune to all that is going on, just a happy camper (isn’t that a blessing). We are holding up well, just keep us in your prayers.