The finish Line...

After that long day on Friday, Jarod and I crashed at 9:00 pm and I woke up every 4 hours to make sure he was taking his antibiotics, pain meds and other medication he needed. We slept until 11:00 am Saturday morning. When we got up Jarod started complaining of really not feeling well, he said it was a different feeling than he had been having and that it felt like one of the medications was making him feel strange.

He was extremely sick, dizzy and we knew something was wrong, we called Dr. Filip and explained the systems. Jarod was having an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics and he told us to stop taking them. He asked how we was doing as far as fever, pain, new symptoms. I told him that he didn't have a fever the pain was less severe and the cut from his abscess was sore but the pain was different. He felt that because these symptoms were improving and because he was going to see Jarod in less than 48 hour he wouldn't put him on any more antibiotics. He told us that if Jarod starting running a fever we would have to take him to the ER right away.

After the drugs got out of his system he started feeling better, we even drove over to Erika and Jason's to see their new renovations on their home. We didn't stay long but it was nice for him to get out. Why we were there Dr. Filip called back and and said, I have some good news!

He said, "I have spoken with Dr, Einhorn and we agree Jarod needs to finish up his Bleomycin treatment on Monday May 24, but that would conclude his chemotherapy. There is no need for his 4th cycle."

He said he wanted us to know right away because he knew Jarod was having a very difficult few days. He asked again on his progress and I told him he continued to do much better and that the joint pain seem to be getting under control. He said well because he seems to be improving I think I know what has caused him to have that kind of agony.

One of the main symptoms of infection is join pain, like fever and Jarod developed an infection in the tissue around the colon, in the lower part of his body. The chemo drug cystplatin that I have had him on during the long weeks causes your body to make blood 7-10 days later which would be the exact amount of time since his treatment last Friday. In addition to that, there is range of CC's of chemo you can administer given the patients situation and strength. Jarod has been so strong since the beginning of this I have continued through out each dose and each week to give him the maximum dosage in hopes of getting his levels down fast enough to save him a month of chemo. It worked! Jarod now only has 1 treatment left and the high quantity of chemo killing his blood causing lower body pain, his body trying to keep up and make blood in his bones also causing joint pain was sent to the level of agony in his joints due to his infection. It basically was the perfect storm but he has gotten through the worst of it and we are headed down the hill to the finish line.

Tomorrow will be our last chemo treatment. We will leave at 9:00 am we will get all the results from his blood work and schedule all of his post treatment appointments as well as get the protocol for monitoring Jarod as he enters remission!