Day 2 ~

With his treatments starting so late in the day this round, I will be a day behind on updating.

We did speak with the doctor yesterday morning. He is mainly concerned with Michael’s counts. His WBC is at 2.4, platelets are still at 87, and his hemoglobin is at 12. These cycles are to run for 5 days of treatment and the 6th day to get his Nueslasta shot and go home. With Michael’s counts, the doctor has decided to cut this cycle to 3 days of meds, 4th day shot and go home which means I should be able to take him home Sunday. The doctor has ordered migraine medicine for his headaches. We will see if that helps.

The doctor just loved Michael’s hair. He had to come back into the room and take a picture of it to take back to the office. As we go for his walks, he gets all kinds of stares are some just laughing out loud.

Around 3:30 in the afternoon yesterday, they started him on his pre-meds. He began his chemo around 4:10 and wasn’t finished until around 3:30 this morning. On the first night, Michael did have some nausea, and was barely able to keep it controlled. Last night, he did have some nausea, but nothing like the first night. He is starting to feel the fatigue.

Please continue to pray for everyone who is suffering from this dreaded disease and other cancers. We will try to update again tomorrow.