Woody did take the IL-2 infusion in the "dose 5" time slot (6am Sun.)--so he has had four doses so far this time. He is now resting peacefully. He has had quite a bit of nausea and did have the rigors/shakes. This time his shakes were controlled "fairly" quickly with meds. I'm sure that they weren't stopped quickly enough for Woody--but at least they lasted less than 30 min. rather than 45 min to an hour or more. Now the nausea is another thing...it hasn't gone away as quickly this time. They are trying another anti-nausea drug to see if that will keep his nausea at bay over a longer period of time.
His creatinine level had risen above the normal range--but just barely. The nurse just told us that they would be starting to do lab work prior to each IL-2 dose. They usually only do that the first time or two and then wait till after the 8th dose. I am sure that since Woody's first treatment of 12 doses compromised his kidneys, they plan to keep a closer watch on his creatinine levels now that they have moved out of the normal range.
One thing that we have both noted--we don't think that we will be affected by the time change this time--since our bodies don't know what time it is anyway! We just doze "whenever" since we never know when we won't be able to sleep!
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