Olivia had her monthly Vincristine today. As she was getting examined by the doctor, we noticed she had some sores in her mouth. She has no fever though and she seems active and well the past few days. I also showed the doctor what I initially thought were bruising on her leg after getting mosquito bites. She had a few spots on her leg (4 big ones and a few small ones). It turns out it was discoloration in her skin which is a usual side effect from chemo. It takes longer time for chemo patients to heal from cuts, mosquito bites and could lead to skin discoloration. Nothing to worry about that. She is not bothered by it, nor the sores in her mouth.
We will need to monitor her closely however, because her ANC is only 884 which is low. We will have to keep her off school for at least a week. She was also scheduled for her dentist check up and flu shot this coming week, but because her counts are low, we will have to hold off for right now. I just realized she cannot get Flu shot anyway while on dexamethasone, which she starts again today for the next 5 days. Her hemoglobin also dropped to 8.4 from about 11 if I remember correctly from last month. It is not that low that would require blood transfusion though.
She is scheduled to go back for blood counts 2 weeks from now. Praying for better results then.
