And today we did a slight exhale... at 10:15am we finished our last dose of chemotherapy, next up is a day of rest then our new bone marrow! Grammy said it perfectly this morning, today is the last day of out with the old then we move on to in with the new!
Yesterday Georgia had another histamine reaction to the chemo, her eyes were red and watery so we gave her some benadryl, she took a nap and was doing well by late afternoon. Today the last chemo didn't seem to have a big impact other than her appetite. Over the last week Georgia's appetite has dwindled a bit but hung on... enough so that we have so far avoided IV nutrition. This afternoon she ate a decent meal given what she is going through and we hope to get more in before tomorrow. No doubt the chemo makes her less hungry but she is also on a liter of fluids a day... that's bound to fill up a 22 pound little lady. The heavy fluids stop tomorrow afternoon so I am hopeful that we'll see at least some of her appetite return.
Chemotherapy is a tricky thing, yes, we have taken the last dose but the next 7-10 days are critical as her rapidly dividing cells haven't had a chance to replenish and her blood levels are dropping. Last time we were here we were told "when" she gets mouth sores and "when" she gets a fever... it never happened. I haven't lost sight of the fact that these are three totally different chemo therapies but I also am well aware that we aren't dealing with your average 13 month old... Georgia girl, it's time to show em whose boss!