Arrgh! They had to stop her chemo again! The nurse had just begun the infusion (literally, as in, the orange dye hadn't even entered her PICC line yet, so only trace amounts of the chemo must have been in her system) when she went beet red and got disoriented and then said her chest felt tight. Ai yi yi!
So stopped the treatment and began running tests. If we are lucky, they will decide it wasn't the treatment, it was the tumor that caused the problem and they'll restart it tomorrow or the next day.
Burrell, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how frustrating and scary this is for all of you.
Oh, Burrell, how scary and frustrating.
What Cass said. Goodness.
Y'all need some straightforwardness, man! Now! I mandate it, with my medical powers!
Yes, frustrating and scary is exactly right. Thanks for letting me vent here.
Frustrating and scary as hell.
That does sound like a scary reaction, Burrell! I hope they get it figured out, fast.
Very frustrating and very scary. Hope they get it together.
Just a thought -- could she be reacting to the dye or something else in the prep?
(I know somebody whose uncles -- multiple -- died from an allergic reaction to a medical dye that they didn't catch until the second autopsy. She subsequently got tested for that allergy and yes, it's some kind of weird genetic thing that will have to be avoided in any kind of medical test she has in the future.)
