March 11

Madelyn's counts were awesome today.  Simply awesome.


Hem 37.1  Plat  307  WBC 4.7  ANC 2721


But... the day has been really hard on MJ.  She has been throwing up all day, starting as soon as the Methotrexate infusion finished.  


We found out yesterday that she did, indeed, have a UTI.  It is a type of UTI that is resistant to the Bactrim antibiotic she takes weekly.  So now she is on two different antibiotics.  


Madelyn wouldn't eat anything this morning and she started complaining that her belly hurt right after being accessed.  So she wasn't feeling well before the chemo.  We are not quite sure what is going on with the throwing up.  Obviously, the Methotrexate makes kids nauseated and it is not unusual to vomit.  MJ just hasn't ever had this problem before.  Her dosage did increase today, but the amount didn't seem significant enough to warrant this much change.  We are thinking she may have a little stomach bug or possibly stomach irritation from the antibiotics and then on top of that there was the Methotrexate.  She still hasn't had anything to eat.  She has been throwing up water and dry-heaving all day.


Needless to say, we did not return home to Anacortes.  We are at the Seattle apartment tonight and we are, again, so thankful we have this home-away-from-home.


Will update tomorrow...