We thought the second stem cell transplant would be similar to the first. Boy were we wrong! Carla got the high dose melphalan on Thursday and received two bags of her stem cells on Friday. She felt good on Saturday and we did some shopping at Walmart. Sunday she felt OK until the evening. She was very nauseated and didn't feel like eating much. I didn't think much about it until when she got up Monday and said it was one of her roughest nights. She had medicine for nausea so she took that and went to the blood lab.
She is basically still nauseated and not hungry. She has forced some chicken broth and Jello down today. They gave her some nausea medicine both yesterday and today. Her blood pressure has been lower every day and they have given her a liter of saline solution. Today they gave her 2 liters. They also attached an infusor to her catheter that runs for 24 hours.
She isn't running any fever and her white cell count and platelets are dropping just like transplant one. Her electrolytes have been great and everything is going great except for the nausea and lack of appetite.
The APN said she thinks patient's bodies don't get back to normal and they get hit with the second high dose chemo and stem cell transplant. It might be similar to being knocked down and then when you try to get up you get knocked down again.
Regardless, we both are glad there isn't a third stem cell transplant scheduled!
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ReplyDeleteI hope that your recovery from Stem Cell Transplant #2 is going well. I'm sure the folks on 7C are taking good care of you. I will be in LR in early May for my 6 month maintenance check-up with Dr. B and Dr. Nair. No doubt that you know this, but a day at a time and you can do this. I really like your blog- thanks! Hang tough!
Sean M. www.myelomayoureloma.blogspot.com