Sunday, February 15, 2009

4 to go

The 10th dose along with the 9th dose have been the hardest so far. Woody had fevers at some time during both of those doses along with flushing and having the shakes. It has been a long night after the 10th dose. I spent most of it wiping Woody down with a wash cloth made as cold as I could get it. He was miserable. About the only sleep that he got with either of these doses was when they gave him the med to stop his shaking. That med is injected into his IV line and goes to work very quickly--it eases the shakes within minutes and also puts him to sleep. He didn't have any nausea with the 10th dose which is a good thing. And, for the first time in a long time, he is asking for water and ice and even Sprite and more vanilla ice cream. He thinks that he will try strawberry the next time he has some ice cream! It is good that he is even thinking about eating even if it is just ice and ice cream! For several days he hasn't even wanted to hear the word "food" much less think about eating anything! Smells are bothering him and the taste of things has changed--I'm sure due to the IL-2.

We each did get a bit of sleep...but not much/enough.

He is feeling much better just as it is about time for the 11th dose...but the end is in sight. I'll post about the 11th dose later.

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