Day 22 - Chemo Interrupted

First of all, Happy 6th Birthday to my niece Mia. I can't believe she's 6!

Okay, the daily report. Apparently, the doctor who's been on my Dad's rotation this past week (Dr. Walters) came in today and said they were going to stop the chemo for now. Dad's kidney numbers came back with some concerns (I think that's his creatinine levels, but will check tomorrow when I can go up to the hospital). They are doing some tests to see what's going on and change up his antibiotics. The doctor assured them that stopping the chemo wouldn't inhibit his progress. Personally, I don't understand that, but okay - they're the experts. They are going to do a Doppler to rule out a blockage too.

Dr. Walters also told them that he was switching rotation again - they do this every week or so and that Dr. Cashon was coming back on to Dad's case. They liked her too. He also said Dr. Cashon would be the oncologist Dad saw in clinic as an outpatient.

Just as an information point - the new chemo cocktail they did last night was cytarabine, mitoxantrone and etopicide. They might switch that once they figure out the kidney issue because some of those drugs have adverse side effects on the kidneys in some patients.

Thanks for your thoughts today and for straying onto the blog to see what's new. Keep the cards coming for my Dad, he enjoys them and visitors too.