Round 2

We went to Nashville today to begin the next round in the saga of chemo treatments. However, last night he gave us a bit of a scare. He was covered from head to toe with a fiery red rash. After emailing and then calling a doctor on call at Vandy, it was determined that Benadryl was in order and to continue all else as directed. When we got to Nashville today he was still a bright crimson color, but the rash was not as raised as before. The chemo (Alimta) began today. It was a breeze compared to the previous treatments-only 2 hours long. They did numerous blood tests and lots of consultation before deciding to take a "wait and see" attitude on continuing the Celebrex. They feel that the rash is a reaction to it, but hope that it will clear up with the additional steroids that is administered with the chemo.
I will say, that he is less red tonight and doesn't appear to be itching. Dr. Keedy had so hoped that he could tolerate the Celebrex since he is a perfect candidate for the study. It was doing exactly as it should to prevent the cancer cells from utilizing the fatty substance that it needs to spread.
We have just gotten home. It looked like there were lots of folks going "to Grandma's house" for Thanksgiving. The road was bumper to bumper from Nashville to Law Road-with lots of heavy rain, too.

Have a great Thanksgiving.
Hopefully you will have a long list of things to be thankful for.
May God bless and keep you safe,
Cathy