Chemo Today

Chris is having his eighth round of chemo starting today.  He is also on Spring Break so is busy resting up.  He has been having some additional stomach and back pain so we talked to the oncologist, Dr. Phil Gold and oncologist nurse Alice today about it.  We are hoping it is due to the Aleve he has been taking as it can be hard on the stomach. The pain is in a different place than the tumors so hope is good.  He will stop taking Aleve and start taking something else the doctor gave him to see if that makes a difference.  He also got an appetite stimulant to take in the morning which will hopefully help him want to eat more.  He has lost quite a bit of weight, which isn't good at this point.  Of course, he is eating so healthy that it is hard to calorie load...so ironic he is facing this issue.

Taigen and I are hanging out while Chris is sleeping during the last half of chemo.  She came down to do some artwork with a wonderful lady that works at Swedish.  She really likes these afternoons where she can come do art, see her daddy and have a treat.  We just finished up at Starbuck's and are about to head back soon.

Here are some pictures from today (mostly!):

Chemo #2 is the brown bad in the middle, cisplatin.  It needs to be protected from the light so in a cellophane-type bag.

 

 My love!

 

Oops!  How did this one slip in here?  Oh well, a goofy pic from our Super Bowl trip!