It was just too toxic for her, even at the 50% dosage she got a mouthful of nasty sores. We came home after 5 days, but ended up back in the hospital for 2 more nights because of pain and low blood sugar from no eating. Home for good on Wednesday, with a few nights of IV fluids here to see her through the rest of the mucositis.
But the good news is that, after 41 nights in the hospital since Memorial Day, she's finally done with methotrexate in that form. (There will be weekly oral doses of mtx during maintenance, and many more lumbar punctures with mtx...)
Now she has two weeks to recover before the last intense phase of treatment, Delayed Intensification (aka Everything But the Kitchen Sink).
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