Rion is done with chemo as of Tuesday & seems to be doing better. This time the side effects hit harder & stronger- he started getting sick Monday morning & was sick Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. When he woke up very early this morning feeling ill I convinced him to take a Phenergan which either worked or just knocked him out for a few more hours so he was too zombie-fied to get sick. Either way, I'll take it! His blood work as of Tuesday was still good (to be expected since he had just started 5 days earlier) and he will continue to go each Tuesday for blood work. In an ideal world his levels will start dropping in 2 weeks but be back up by the end of the month so he can take his last cycle starting November 2nd. In reality I am expecting levels to have trouble coming back up as they have with the last few rounds. Seeing as though the side effects did not decrease in response to the lowered dosage I am thinking the white blood cells & platelets (the 2 levels he has had so much trouble with) will probably suffer as well. Someone pointed out to me that the level of toxins from the chemo in his body have probably built up so much over time that any additional toxins will produce worse side effects than they would have in the beginning when we were starting with a "fresh" body. We are still happy that things haven't been any worse, he has been able to get out of bed every day and spend time with me & the puppy dogs; he has eaten at least some little something each day.
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