Day 11
Today was sort of a day in the life day for John I believe. He finished his "induction" (sounds like a fraternity) chemo last night and slept late, but had more nausia problems in the night. He had cereal and milk this morning, but sort of slid back as the day progressed and the effects of the chemo took over - rashes all over and those other "little" things.
His accomplishment for the day was to have his hair cut into a mohawk, since it was coming out anyway and why not try it once? He told the doctor it was a weird chemo side effect. JordaÑ gave him a Navy hat, which certainly has never been seen before with that look.
About once a day he asks me something about how I'm doing with all this, knowing I experienced it once with my mom. Yesterday, he told me he was proud of how I was handling it all. Today he asked how mom and I were dealing with each other. I said it was hard to communicate, but probably not as hard as what he was having to handle and we were both trying our best. He said that was good and he was glad.
The doctor told John today that he was going to be a likely bone marrow transplant candidate and that he ought to be thinking about it. He didn't know what to ask or say, but they expect will want to start a donor search sooner rather than later. He will likely miss his Spring semester too, though we will know better next week. It helps to share, so thanks for being there.
His accomplishment for the day was to have his hair cut into a mohawk, since it was coming out anyway and why not try it once? He told the doctor it was a weird chemo side effect. JordaÑ gave him a Navy hat, which certainly has never been seen before with that look.
About once a day he asks me something about how I'm doing with all this, knowing I experienced it once with my mom. Yesterday, he told me he was proud of how I was handling it all. Today he asked how mom and I were dealing with each other. I said it was hard to communicate, but probably not as hard as what he was having to handle and we were both trying our best. He said that was good and he was glad.
The doctor told John today that he was going to be a likely bone marrow transplant candidate and that he ought to be thinking about it. He didn't know what to ask or say, but they expect will want to start a donor search sooner rather than later. He will likely miss his Spring semester too, though we will know better next week. It helps to share, so thanks for being there.
