Chemotherapy Making Its Gains

Chemotherapy seems to be catching up to J today.  Appetite is going down.  He's still eating, but it takes much longer to decide on something that sounds good.  A throw-up bowl has become his bedside companion.  He has requested more medication for nausea.  They give Zofran as a scheduled medicine, meaning they give a regular dose at certain times of the day.  If he feels nausea on top of that he can have Ativan or Benadryl as needed.  He has taken a liking to Ativan.

He has also developed a bit of a cough.  It's a cough that if a healthy child started to get, you may just think the person is developing a cold.  As we push his body further and further and decrease his immune system, a simple cold could turn into a major infection.  And there isn't much to do about it now, but wait and see.

He has slept more today than on the other days.

He just threw up.  We're not certain if it's the chemotherapy making him sick or because Aragorn and Arwen are kissing on The Two Towers.  Our copy of Return of the Jedi is missing, so now we're moving on to Lord of the Rings.  At least there's a bit of action ahead of us in the movie.