Mediport & Erbitux

On Friday the 23rd, we went to have the mediport put in. That is a device inserted in the chest and the major vein in the neck. This is so they can give him chemo and such everyother week without him having to get an IV and he won't have to have the picc line anymore in his arm and will be free to swim this summer. He also had his second dose of erbitux. So far so good. No major side effects except for some nausea last week and just feeling yucky. His blood counts on Friday were 37. For any one that doesn't know 40-52 is the normal range. Last November he was in the bottom twenty. That's when he needed the blood transfusion before and after the surgery. This is the highest the red blood counts have been yet and with the dose of chemo last week that is a good sign. Hopefully they will stay up high. He continues to take the Vemma vitamins and we hope that along with the procrit is helping. Either way it can't hurt. The leg is doing so much better. The swelling has gone down tremendously. So we hope the chemo is doing it's job. YEAH! Love ya, Karen