Updates

I guess it is time to bring us all up to date.

Darilyn had treatment number 5 last thursday, 11/6. She is sick this week. She is the worst I have seen so far. A week after the last treatment, back in October, it kind of hit the fan. The mail order pharmacy that is contracted by the insurance company had fallen down on the job. Because of the anemia, she was to receive Procrit to self inject to cause her body to create more red blood cells. Well, they did not do it. They did not even acknowledge that she was trying to contact them about the need to fill the prescription from her oncologist. They had not supplied the other injectable medication that she requires to cause her system to begin making white cells again. I came home on thursday night from work and found her in bed looking bad with a fever. This was the 3rd day with the fever. She had to go in on friday to have a blood test so I called in sick to work and stayed home to care for her. The nurse said that she would take the blood to the lab herself and we went home. About an hour later, the nurse called and told me that Darilyn was severely anemic and needed an immediate blood transfusion. Well that kind of let it all hit the fan. I took her down the cancer center at the hospital and we got it all set up and then spent the afternood receiving 2 units of blood. I took her home and put her to bed.

The next day, she was feeling better and she got in touch with the pharmacy via email. They got back to her by phone when she informed them in the email she was tired of them messing around with her life. They were supposed to call monday morning bright and early. They did not. She sent another email and later that morning stopped in at work and let the insurance coordinator in on what was happening. Blue Cross called her that afternoon. The pharmacy called her that afternoon, after Blue Cross got in touch with them. The meds showed up the next day. She was tired and week for a few days but got stronger.

This time, it has been a week since the treatment and she is very tired and weak. She is not running a fever but she is not well. She gets up and goes to work because that is the way she is, but she comes home half way through the day. She is in bed again tonight and I am getting so tired of seeing her this way and not having anything I can do. I hope she will start feeling better. There is only one treatment left and then this is over. But damn it this is not right.

Well, there it is. The update for such as it is.