Cycle # 4 has gone well. George was given a new drug for the nausea and it really seems to have worked. It is call "Emend" and it's given for only three days. The first day, he didn't feel it made any change as he still needed to get an extra does of Zofran the day of chemo. However, the second day he felt pretty good and was able to eat. His major symptom the second and third day was overwhelming fatigue. He was even able to gain a few pounds this last week, so that was great. He has been laying low and trying to rest as much as he can. We had a quick visit from Donna's uncle Bill who is in town from North Carolina. It was a good visit, and we're glad it worked out as he may not be out again for awhile.
Today we will return to UCLA to get the injection of Neulasta. It is a longer acting form of Neupogen and will help George's bone marrow produce more Neutrophils. Our goal to keep his counts up, and prevent any infections.
George is scheduled to have his follow-up CT scan on Tuesday. The scan will show us what progress has been made on the tumor after 4 rounds of Chemo. We don't know when we will get the results of the scan, but were hoping by the end of the week, if not sooner.
The kids will be out of school for summer break by the end of the week (Hanna already ended on May, 26) and, we are hoping that George has a good "off chemo" period, and we can spend some good family time together.
I'll post again after the scan.
~Donna
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