Monday, February 20, 2012

Round Two a success so far

I know I have a propensity to overreact when it comes to my girls. What can I say, Mama bear is instinctive. The first night of chemo when they gave her that medicine was a blessing in disguise! We switched to a different med that could be administered through the IV and WHAT a difference! We've had ZERO emesis to deal with and Madeleine still has an appetite and is still nursing like normal! We're so pleased with those improvements. It could also be the fact that the bulk tumor disease is gone and helping her body cope much better. Either way we're happy.
So we finished off the methotrexate without a hitch for Madeleine on Saturday night. Mom & Dad were literally up all night till 5am watching over her trying not to jinx it. Its pretty nasty stuff but evidently hugely popular at combating childhood cancers. The foley catheter placement did not go so well Saturday night so as a result Madeleine has to be changed every 30 minutes to protect her skin from chemo-infused waste. Hopefully this measure will prevent any skin infection when her counts really drop later this week. We've seen a slight drop in platelets already but nothing too drastic yet.
Otherwise, baby is doing awesome. She's resting, eating, and playing. She managed to completely roll over from back to tummy last night! :D I was so proud of her. She doesn't let anything stop her. She is teaching me the true meaning of strong-willed.
(special thank you to cousin Talia for making Madeleine's quilt, only her 2nd ever and it came out beautifully)

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