Zero Point One: An Ode to Methotrexates Magic Number Inside the hospitals venue, high-dose methotrexate was written on Kyles menu. Killing cancer was its one and only job, but toxicity happened to be an enormous prob. Methotrexate has a magic number that all traces in the blood need to have gone under. If the chemo hasnt cleared from the first round, the number to pass drops drastically down. Kyle checked into the sixth floor Thursday afternoon only to be let go a little bit too soon. The resident wasnt supposed to have let him leave because 0.1 hadnt yet been achieved. Two frantic calls from the doctor in charge had Kyle begging to stay at home under the illusion of living large. A deal was made for a quick save. Pop handfuls of pills and drink eight ounces of water every hour, even when the recipe turns your stomach sour. Rush to the clinic Monday morning and bleed into a vial to see if that nasty chemo was still a trial. If the blood test comes back below zero point one, youve passed the test and youre finally done. A phone call from the lab two hours later showed Kyle had won and that he was ready to check into the clinic on Wednesday for some similar fun.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:28:14 +0000
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