Chemo has started today!

Grier has finished day one of chemo-- a one hour infusion through his port of irinotecan and he swallowed three huge chemo (Temador) pills--- so far so good as far as the Big D.... and nausea is concerned!  His counts are about the same except his ANC is up to 900--- So all in all I can't complain.. he is eating and in a good mood and a stranger would probably have no idea he had chemo today.... I hope the rest of the week goes as smoothly! I will be sleeping with the pink bucket just in case....

He was ready to get his "medicine" and "fluid" today--- actually ready to take his pills too--- I had no idea what to expect so I was a little more nervous as the drip slowly went in and he swallowed the pills.... His counts should not drop to 0 like they have before since this is lose dose.... and if he had hair it might only thin....

Jumping back in to this routine even after a few days off makes me ill--- Lots of our friends fighting this battle are having a hard time right now and it is just too much sometimes and scary to know what they are going through-- low dose chemo seems to be a cake walk... strange but true!.... I know SLOW and STEADY wins this race... but the cure... or better yet a treatment that is not so toxic needs to hurry up and be found.