Chemo: Dose 2

Yesterday afternoon Cara got dosage #2, two different drugs that were supposedly easier to handle than the first dosage. That didn't prove to be the case. Just after dinner time, Cara started having severe chills, shaking and teeth-chattering uncontrollably despite having blanket after blanket put on her. All the shaking eventually gave her a pounding headache. Around 8p she registered a temperature of 104.5, so I quickly called the Oncologist. He said the fever and chills were totally normal after the chemo dosage she had earlier--talk about nasty--and he assured us that the side-effects should go away within 6-8 hours, which wasn't really comforting.

Right about this time, Bekah awoke screaming and all freaked out. Jan and I both took turns rocking her and taking care of Cara as she lay in bed, absolutely miserable. Finally, after midnight, Bekah was calmed down enough to go back to bed, and Cara's fever and headache started to subside enough for her to start thinking about sleep. What a long and stressful night it was!! When morning finally came, Cara was exhausted and weak, but able to rest...and Jan and I were downing cups of coffee. But it appears (we hope) that Cara's worst side effects are over and that she'll just be tired over the next few days.