Carter took his 2nd 12 mg dose tonight. We were a little late, 8:20. About 10 minutes later he said his neck was sore and itchy. Fed him tons of goldfish and graham crackers, drank water and lemonade. At 9:05 I paged the Dr b/c it was still hurting. 9:20 Carter said it was getting a little better. 9:40 said it was feeling better. Had to page the Dr 3 times before I heard back - almost an hour later! Dr. Moss said he wasn't dialing a 1 to get long distance!! I was very angry and Carter was very scared! Dr. Moss said to split his dose up for a week 1/2, then 30 minutes later the other half. As far as the reaction Carter said it felt just like what happened at Duke with the 25mg dose but not as strong. Took an hour to clear up, which is the same timing as Duke. At least he knows his body now, and he recognizes the tight feeling in his throat.
Carter was scared to go to bed, so we stayed up waiting until about 10:30. He said it started to hurt again, so I gave him benadryl. He said that helped.
8/21/2014 - follow up call from Dr. Moss' office to see how he was doing.
8/24/2014
Splitting the dose has been working fine, no other problems. In a day or 2 we'll retry the 12mg at one time again. I think as long as he drinks a lot after taking it he'll be ok. At least praying. If not we'll drop back down a dose. Slow and steady is fine.
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