Methotrexate Injection: #1

We started methotrexate injections today with Mia. While she went in, strong and brave, ready for the first dose with her Buzzy bag in-hand....

...it did not turn out as pleasant as we hoped for. As much as we tried for weeks to prepare her, she still had anxiety over the shot (she didn't like the lime green fluid that would be going into her leg) and cried...hard.

But, we got it in - 10mls (.4mg). The nurse at the pediatrician's office, showed us how to draw up the medicine and then inject it into her leg, alternating legs each week.

She had the shot around 1:00 p.m. Tonight, she isn't feel that great and went to bed early.

We do another injection next Friday night and then wait for a "green light" from her rheumatologist (so she can check her liver and kidney levels) before we continue weekly injections. Mia's sedimentation rate right now is high - it is at 41 and should be below 8. Hopefully, with this new medicine and continued diet, we can get it back down.

Day by day...moment by moment....we shall overcome.