Friday Morning

Brody was admitted monday and discharged tuesday for his 3 drug round earlier in the week. It seems to me he is more naseous this time and has been having difficulty getting in his bactrim without vomitting-- even his nystatin (swish and spit) made him throw up a few times. He did gain back a half pound when they weighed him on monday-- but hasn't ate a whole lot this week

Needless to say- he has gotten gun shy about taking his oral meds... we have been pushing the zofran (for nausea) this chemo round alot and he argues about taking his meds. He has started taking very small sips to get them in-- to me it is prolonging his agony since it is frequently taking him 15 sips to get in 1 1/2 teaspoons of bactrim... it was taking him 4 sips before this week. Anyway, he has finished the bactrim for this week.. will start again on monday with his next 1 drug round.

We are also 3 shots into his 10 neupogen shot round-- this is a shot we give each night to help his white blood cell counts recover... he does this for 10 days after his 3 drug round.

Brody did get a bike yesterday and was enjoying riding around the driveway... Trish took some pics which we will post up later.

Really thats about it. Brody is happy most of the time (when he isn't fighting his meds)... and his video game skills are getting impressive. Specifically "The Simpsons Game" on Wii... there are 15 different story levels to complete and Brody now has the fastest completion time on 3 of them-- playing all alone (you can play 1 or 2 player on 14 of the levels)... we do use the Wii as both a carrot and a stick for taking his meds