She missed a dose... I know, hard to believe, but we knew it would happen eventually. She ended up missing her 11:00 dose last night. It was actually met with minimal protest from Heather. Mainly due to the complete exhaustion that she is feeling. The dose of the pressor drug was up to 1.9 mcg/kg/min. They typically won't give the IL-2 dose if a patient is receiving more than 1.0 mcg/kg/min of the pressor, because 2.0 mcg/kg/min is the max dose they can give, so with Heather at 1.9, they don't have much room to move if her blood pressure drops more.
She ended up picking a good time to let her BP get low and miss a dose, because she had 9 hours to recover before her next dose (thank you daylight savings). The nurses were able to get her dose of the pressor down to 1.0 mcg/kg/min by the time her next dose was due at 7:00 this morning.
So, she is back on schedule!! She received the 7:00 dose, and right now, she is only on 0.4 mcg/kg/min of the pressor, so she will be receiving her next dose of IL-2 at 3:00. That will be her 10th dose of this round with only 4 doses to go.
The side effects are really starting to kick in. She slept right through that riveting Seahawks game :) Sleep is the best thing for her right now. Not only will it help her body recover, but she doesn't have to be awake for all of the misery that this drug brings along with it.
Keep sending all the good thoughts...
Thanks... Kelly
Sending her sweet sweet dreams!! What a tough gal!! You can do it Heather!! Hugs to you both!!!
ReplyDeleteBear hugs for Heather and for you! If it helps like that, I hope Heather is asleep when she gets all of her next doses...dreams of Mexico! Love you both!!!!xoxoxoxo Wearing my HDFC t-shirt :-}
ReplyDeleteThinking of you both. Thanks so much for taking the time to keep us posted. big hugs.
ReplyDeleteLove you both so much! Wish i was there to give you big hugs! Hope you both have a peaceful night!!! =)
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