Gaviscon, side effects and neutrophils

We had to go to the hospital today as Catherine was ill all last night, and it seems that Catherine's nausea and vomiting is most likely caused by her stomach having become inflamed from her chemotherapy.

She has become taller recently, and whilst this is a good sign, it meant that her chemo had to be increased to account for her being a larger person! Since then, she has had bouts of nausea and last night she was up most of the night vomiting. It was made more weird by the fact that she only felt really sick at night and in the morning.

So it seems we have a side effect of chemotherapy, made worse by the fact she has felt nervous about school. I had suspected some type of reflux and she is now just like her mummy in taking Gaviscon (Peptac) with Omeprazole. There seems a cruel irony here.

Her neutrophils have also taken a big hit and she is neutropenic (without immune system), which explains why she has been taking naps at odd times of the day. We are waiting to confirm that there is no infection.

Obviously all this has made it much harder for her to adjust to school, and now Catherine feels her nausea will be solved, she told me she is looking forward to getting back to school. She has stopped her chemo for a week to allow her neutrophils time to recover, so we are hoping she will be well enough for school on Monday.

Please continue to pray she doesn't get any side effects or infections from her treatment and that her little tummy soon recovers from all the chemotherapy.