It looks like a nasty little drug. Vidaza: An anit-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. The common side effects are:
- Nausea
- Low red blood cell count (Anemia)
- Low platelet count
- Vomiting
- Fever
- Low white blood cell count
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Injection Site Redness
- Constipation
- Ecchymosis, petechiae (Bleeding under the skin...had to google it :-)
Like he needs any more going on than he already has! Mom is working the U of A games right now and has been busy so it's harder than normal. Dad has to go in every day for infusions and possibly blood transfusions if necessary for 7 days straight. You know that with them pumping that toxic poison into him is going to make him feel like crap!
Today is a day that he needed a transfusion as his counts had all dropped very low. It makes you wonder why this kind of thing always happens to the people that would give you the shirt off of their back. I have to say that my Dad has the biggest heart of anyone I know. He does what is necessary to take care of those that he has obligations to no matter what. He does get burned more than someone who is focused on themselves but I guess you take the good with the bad huh?
I know that getting angry at the circumstances won't do any of us any good but it's so hard not to. I just have to have faith that there is a reason for everything.
Keep him in your good thoughts and prayers! I'll keep you all posted!
Kim
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