Jody had labs done last Thursday the 23rd. The cancer markers were just slightly up. Much better than before. I felt like this was a sign this chemo was starting to work. Friday we met with our Oncologist via zoom from their clinic. He agreed and felt like it was starting to level off and at the next appointment we should start to see a drop. That means we don't have to stay five nights just two most of the time. However, his wbc and absolute neutrophils were much lower than anytime we have gone. This had me worried they were not going to do his treatment. The dr. did go ahead with treatment but, had him get neulesta to boost his production. Everything went as normal on Friday for chemo.
Saturday Jody was feeling pretty good because of the steroids. that usually last until at least Sunday night. He was pretty tired when we got home this time. More so than usual. Sunday he was still doing ok but, definitely not as good as the time before. Last night, he was up in the middle of the night in a lot of pain until I woke up and gave him something that helped. He woke up this morning for a short time and is sleeping now. The next few days will be tough for us. This is when all the pain and nausea sets in. By Friday or so he should be back on the uphill. Each day a little better.
The really cruddy part is this last chemo was originally suppose to be the last. They thought this was what it would take to knock it out after the first chemo that almost killed him. I think it will be at least double the time they thought when we started on this one.
It's crazy how much things can change so quickly. A year ago this coming Saturday we were celebrating our ten year anniversary and planning a trip to Iceland. We cancelled that when the cancer came back (thank goodness we had insurance on it). A year ago two weeks from today I was watching Jody walk across a stage in Lynchburg Virginia to receive his Doctorate while celebrating his one year cancer free date.