Yesterday Massimo and I went to GOS for another oncology appointment and the second cycle of chemo was started. Unfortunately Massimo’s oncologist, Dr Peppy Brock, had not received her copy of the MRI scan or the pathology report so she had little to tell us about how the first cycle went.
Now Massimo is 8 and a half months old, his corrected age, i.e. the age he would be if he had not been born premature, is 6 and a half months. This means that, by age, his organs are mature enough to cope with higher doses of chemo. However he is still under 10 kgs (22 lbs) as he is now 8.15 kgs (17 lbs 15 oz) and so his new dose of chemo is 66% of the full dose. Most significantly this is more than double the last dose so we have been warned to expect him to be much more ill with it all this time. Fingers crossed that he won’t lose his lovely new blonde hair!