SOOOO Tired!

The main side effect today - he is soooooooo tired.

He slept thru the night. He got up and sat in his chair for a bit, dozing off and on. Went back to bed. Slept hard another 3 or 4 hours. He's up now, but still very lethargic.

This side effect is "tiresome", but we'll gladly take it over throwing up. His appetite is non-existent and he took an anti-nausea pill a few minutes ago. He was feeling a bit off and we wanted to nip that in the bud. Hopefully, that won't worsen.

PS - Shirley, this pug's for you!

Round 3 - so far, so good

Chemo Round 3 - so far, so good!

The second day after chemo is typically when things go downhill. Rudy is doing just fine this morning and we hope he continues to be fine. The biggest relief - no nausea and he hasn't taken any anti-nausea meds. Chemo 1, where he threw up for 5 days straight, gave us a real fear of that side effect.

Chemo 3

Hurray! Thanks for all the prayers. They worked!!! Rudy's blood test results were FINALLY much better and he is having chemo. 2015 is off to a nice start. We're feeling happy and blessed.

I feel sure one reason Rudy's blood counts were better is that I was wearing my lucky socks.  My wonderful friend, Judy, knitted these for me several years ago.  She has actually knitted a bunch of socks for me over the years.  They are amazing.  Even though she uses wool, she knows a trick or two about which wools are best.  I typically can't put wool right next to my skin - it itches like crazy.  I've never ever had that reaction to Judy's socks.