We ended up staying 6 hours last night at the Urgent Care Center, because Michael had a temperature of 101.1, and the on-call oncologist said that if the temp goes above 100.5 that he should come in to be seen. They also were concerned that he might have a blood clot in his lung (a pulomonary embolism). He had a CT Scan done, but the B-team screwed it up. The contrast got back primed into his IV bag instead of directly flowing throught the port so it got diluted and the CT Scan didn't come out clearly.

We saw doctor Pfister this morning and he said that they wanted to wait on giving Michael the chemo today and tomorrow as originally planned to rule out the possibility of his having a PE. Also, his white blood cell count was low and the doctor wants to check and see if it goes up or down before recycling his treatment. So, tentatively, we have it scheduled to resume on Thurs & Fri. If, depending on the results of the cell count and CT scans, they may choose to change the chemo therapy to a different type.

The alternative drug he mentioned takes 4 days to adminsiter but the side effects are SLIGHTLY less toxic. They are also concerned about the hearing loss. Since he has had a noticeable loss already (a side effect of the Cisplatinum) that might be another reason to change chemo drugs. If the current chemo was to continue, there would be a greater chance of more hearing loss. The only down side is the alternative chemotherapy, is shown in a few studies, to not be quite as effective in treating Michael's type of cancer.

I'll keep you all posted on events.