Last night Kagan did his second round of chemo. This night always makes him feel a little more yucky. He did good through out the night but is back to sleeping this morning. Between the toll the chemo takes and the drugs he is typically wiped out all day after these rounds.
The nurse could not get blood return from the PICC line this morning. She did some test and they are administering medicine for a blood clot. This is not unusual with a line such as this but we had been fortunate to not have to deal with this so far. They have closed off the PICC line and marked it as unusable for the meantime.
We are not sure if the medicine will work. The nurse said that if it did not work then they would have to pull the PICC and place into the other arm. Praying this will not happen!
We have a consult with the surgeon today to do an assessment on "the culprit" on Kagan's neck. They did all the needed test yesterday and the doctor had a chance to review the scans and test results from last week. At some point he will come in to talk to us about what he thinks should be done.
So now we are unsure of if we have to stay longer in the hospital than expected due to the clot. Obviously the chemo can not be administered today until this is resolved. Then we have the unknown determination of what the surgeon is going to say and what will happen.
Our normal doctor should be in some time to talk to us this morning too. However last time we were in on a Friday it was closer to 3 in the afternoon before we saw the doctor so who knows!
In a brief moment our lives were changed forever. Our precious and amazing 15 year old son received a diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma and our new journey begins. A journey with him finding victory over this "C" word. This blog is our journey for our family and friends to share in Kagan's fight.
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