Interleukin 2 - round 2 - Day 1

Monday November 10, 2014

We got here today around 10 am and Kevin had his blood drawn.  His blood work was good so he was ready to get his treatments.  Physically that is, not mentally.  This time around he had a lot of anxiety so they gave him some anti-anxiety meds to make him more comfortable.  We met with the PA and then we checked into our room at about 1 pm.  The last time and this time his creatinine levels were at 1.5, which is pretty good.  His norm had been 1.8 so we are happy it trended down a bit.  A person without any renal issues is about 0.9.

Kevin had his first dose of IL-2 today at about 7 pm.  We used the same "preemptive strike" of giving him the morphine before the rigors started.  It seemed to work well, he didn't get any rigors.  But he did get quite nauseated and vomited quite a bit.  Not unexpected with this treatment.  The last time he vomited with the first dose too, so hopefully it will be the same this time around and he won't throw up too much more.

The nurses are so very quick here at getting him his meds. it's wonderful.  They brought him in some compazine and administered it into his PICC IV and he started to feel a bit better.  He is now sleeping.  He told me that he thought the rigors were starting, but then fell asleep without shaking.  But the nurse said it was a good idea to give him some more morphine just in case.

He really disliked being nauseous, I don't blame him, I pretty much hate that feeling too.

Thank you all for reading.  I'll keep you posted tomorrow on how his other doses go.