Pictures: Nikki in a Elizabethan collar; one of her feet protected by an IV bag; both of Nikki's back feet bandaged; Ruthie thinking "what's going on?"
Today was chemo with CP-751,871 # 3 (or total #9). At the appointment the NP was rather honest with us and brought up the fact that we really do need to find another center giving the study drug long term. This was a little shock, yet very realistic. We will start the search...it looks like a couple choices are Chicago or Munster. Otherwise, everything went well and Dave was home by 1:30 pm.
So after I got home we grabbed a beer and went out to the back yard to start planning for spring. Nikki and Ruthie were running around the "virgin" snow having a great time and then......there was blood in the snow. The first thing we did was to think Nikki hurt Ruthie...but no, it was one of Nikki's back paws and we couldn't stop the bleeding. Thanks to our great Vet we got her right in and both back paws were bleeding when we got there. Bottom line - 2 cuts and nothing visible in them. So she's home with wrapped paws and a collar to keep them on. Poor girl. And we have to protect them when she goes outside so they don't get wet. Of course she's on antibiotics. It's always somethin' .........
Lee,
ReplyDeleteWhen's Dave's next CT Scan? I hope that you can make an 'easy' decision on a new location for further ruonds of CP. I'm still getting alerts from websites that mention CP751781 or figitumumab...still hoping for some answers to our lingering questions about the severe adverse events associated with it. I guess still searching for answers to my questions...
The next scan is March 5 and we'll get results March 16. It must be hard to keep seeing the alerts. While trying to look for sites I saw there's another trial in earlier stages that's a little different. Maybe we'll hear more about everything when we switch centers.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that the researchers at Pfizer can find out what makes some patients respond so well (like Dave) to the drug and others do so poorly. If they can figure this out, then Dad's role in the trial will have actually had some merit. I keep hoping that is the case!
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