Consolidation 2 Cycle 4B Update

Today Erika is scheduled to have a clinic visit to follow up on her last chemo treatment, as usual. Yet, a new symptom Erika is feeling is pain in the hip. The chemo peg-aspariginase, which is the primary medication of the clinical trial, can cause degradation of the bone mass around the hip. They mentioned that she will probably get an MRI done to determine if that's the case. Aside from that, since late last night, Erika has been feeling extreme body pains from her lower back on down to her feet. She was in so much pain that she was unable to get any sleep. Again, this is most likely due to her being winged off of steroids. The past few times she was being tapered off, doctors were able to come up with a nice gradual decrease of steroids. It may be time for them to make another adjustment.