Sunday, December 7, 2008

December 7th

Hello: Made my nightly phone call and spoke with Dee, Becky's mom, tonight. Becky is having a rough time of it but nothing they don't expect. They just gave her the next IV of chemo, the easier kind. She has spent most of the day sleeping and being nauseous from the treatment last night, but that is to be expected. She is running a low grade fever and they have run some tests to check for infection.

They expect her to start feeling better tomorrow. The chemo she is on now is an easier one to tolerate. She should be feeling better the rest of this week, until she gets her cells on Friday.

On another note, today would have beeen Becca's 37th birthday. Becca and Becky did their IL2 together last February but unfortunately it didn't work for either of them. I know Becca really wanted to get back to NIH and do the TIL program that Becky is doing now, but she never made it. Much prayers and hopes that this will be the miracle that Becky needs to return to a normal life.

Julie

2 comments:

Amy Waldrop said...

Hi Julie,
Thanks for your daily updates! I'm going to go back to see Becky on Tuesday. I bought a few scarves (something she requested in an earlier post). I'm praying that she'll start feeling a little better and stronger.

Amy W (Virginia)

Unknown said...

thanks Julie, those treatments are so hard on Becky. make sure she knows she is in our thoughts...