Lisa woke up feeling much better, and was no longer running a fever, but by late morning was feeling really poorly again.
She had a chest x-ray and then saw the oncologist. The chest x-ray shows an increase of fluid around the lung, but not pneumonia. Lisa had her chemo as scheduled, even though she really didn't want to because of how badly she was feeling. The doctor also started her with an infusion of antibiotics, and she'll have 9 days of home-infused antibiotics as follow-on to today's dose.
Lisa's anemia (low red cell count) is substantially worse, so on Monday she'll be getting another blood transfusion. Not all anemia is alike -- she has iron-deficiency anemia, so she may be getting an iron infusion in the near future, which could potentially help longer than the benefit of a blood transfusion, which helps right away but not for very long.
She had a chest x-ray and then saw the oncologist. The chest x-ray shows an increase of fluid around the lung, but not pneumonia. Lisa had her chemo as scheduled, even though she really didn't want to because of how badly she was feeling. The doctor also started her with an infusion of antibiotics, and she'll have 9 days of home-infused antibiotics as follow-on to today's dose.
Lisa's anemia (low red cell count) is substantially worse, so on Monday she'll be getting another blood transfusion. Not all anemia is alike -- she has iron-deficiency anemia, so she may be getting an iron infusion in the near future, which could potentially help longer than the benefit of a blood transfusion, which helps right away but not for very long.
