Kenny Update--March 17th

The worst of the chemo session finished yesterday and the lesser will be finished in a couple of hours. Yesterday was a difficult day for Kenny. He slept far more than he was awake. The nausea was full strength and trying to find the right combination of meds to combat the side effects was not as effective. This morning is a different story. The nausea is a fraction of what he had. He ate more at breakfast today than he ate all of yesterday. He was awake for a 7 hour stretch before he was ready for a nap. He is drinking plenty of fluids; he looks and feels better than he did. The iPad was out for 3 hours while I was on a conference call for work. Meeting with doctor today there is a good chance that we will be heading home tonight instead of tomorrow. It was 2 thumbs up from Kenny on the chance to sleep in his own bed tonight. I was doing mental cartwheels on the chance to sleep more than 2 hours at a time. I believe I slept thru a health assessment the nurse was doing at 4 this morning.
We have had a lot of encouraging moments this hospital stay. His eye IS tracking better than it has been since the start of chemo. His headaches have reduced in frequencies and intensity. The double vision while still there does not appear to be getting any worse and may be lessening. April 5th is Kenny’s next scheduled chemo stay at the hospital. If his blood counts are high enough early that week he will be having a new echo cardiogram and MRI. The echo cardiogram is to monitor his heart for potential side effects from the chemo and the MRI will be to reassess the tumor and the next steps to take. As always we want to thank you for your prayers. 

~Ken and Jo~