Today was probably a day that will stick with me for the rest of my life. A friend and fellow WAGR mom put it best (sorry Kelly, I'm ripping your words off): "It's
a huge milestone... but there's no page in the baby book for "Baby's
First Chemo" :-0 Your heart breaks at the thought of deliberately
putting poisons into your child's little body...and at the same time you
feel intensely grateful, knowing these drugs will destroy the cancer."
Alex did very well all things considered today. The hardest part was making him hold still for 20 minutes while his doxorubicin went in-to say he was ticked off would be an understatement! They pre-medicated him with an anti-nausea med and he's been eating pretty much normally today. We'll start giving oral nausea meds tonight.
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How did his weekend go after the first treatment sis?
Went OK. He had some loose stools which we pretty much figured were due to the antibiotic they give to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia. He's still *really* energetic but crashes at bedtime. But it'll wear on him more as time goes on.
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