On Sunday July 12th we were looking forward to getting out of the hospital. We did everything possible to clear the methotrexate (MTX) and get to discharge criteria level: less than .10. Nick walked around, …
We are back for chemotherapy at El Camino Hospital and we have a nice big “corner suite.” I am not sure there is an additional charge for single rooms that have 2-sleeper sofa’s but the …
The New Year started with two seemingly simple medical tasks that were to take place during one hospital admission: placement of a port in his chest and a 3-4 day in hospital chemotherapy treatment. The …
Neulasta and/or Neupogen are the brand names for a product made by Amgen that was administered to Nick to stimulate his production of white blood cells following chemotherapy. It is also known as G-CSF (Granulocyte-colony …
This is me with Dr. Donalson after 28 treatments of radiation therapy. Dr. Donaldson is a nice person. My dad says that she knows a lot about rhabdomyosarcoma and has been excited about treating rhabdo …
These are my nurse practitioners who had very special jobs. Their job was to manage my care when I was in the hospital (Pam on the right) and out of the hospital (Jen on the …
My nurses in the clinic would give me my weekly chemo, and they would take care of me when I needed to have my blood drawn or when I was really sick before going into …
This is Dr. Twist. She is my main oncology doctor and is the one that takes care of my treatment. I think and my parents think that she is a great doctor. When they first …
These are the radiation therapists that would give me my radiation treatment. They are all really nice people. Especially since I never wanted to get the treatment, and I was always getting sick. They were …
The only sure thing about my day is that it changes all the time. I started radiation therapy on April 18th and ended on May 29, 2003 – Monday through Friday for 28 days. I …