Day -3

Hello everybody, this is Ryan today.  Andrya is really knocked out from all the...stuff that they're pumping into her.  From what I can recall, today she has had benedryl, chlonoprine, keppra, prednosone, mesna, and cytoxin.  I only know the first and last one.  Cytoxin is the 3rd of 3 chemo drugs, and today was her first dose of it.  She's also only on the last chemo drug today, the cytoxin, and tomorrow is her last day of chemo, but she gets two doses of it.  I think the cytoxin is the most severe of the drugs, and we even said last night that its name even sounds severe. 

Sorry, I know that was a bit convoluted; she was trying to dictate it to me and it came out in bits.  And that pretty much sums up the kind of day she had.  All the drugs kept her asleep all day.  She didn't walk as much or do her breathing machine, but she seemed to be in high spirits when she was awake.  Which is good, but the chemo seems to be setting in now.  She's been feeling lethargic; as she describes it, she feels "awful".  She's had a real bad headache all day, and it's gotten worse as the day has gone on.  Nausea has also been a real problem today and she has lost her appetite for the most part.  She also has a sore throat that is getting worse. 

Like I said though, despite all that she seems to have been in a good mood.  When she's been awake.  Anita, our sister in law, and her mother Bonnie came down and brought our niece and nephew Alisa and Isaiah.  Bonnie made Andrya a beautiful blanket similar to the one she also made for Kellan. 

Tomorrow is day -2, which is significant because her diet changes to a neutropenic one because they expect her immune system to start to significantly disappearing tomorrow as the chemo destroys her bone marrow.  And for those that don't remember, the transplant is on Wednesday, day 0. 

That's really it.  I hope she can fall asleep tonight.  As the night has worn on she's shown more and more side effects.  I could best describe it as taking care of someone that has a fever or the flu.  The nurse just came in to give her some morphine for her headache; hopefully she can get a break from the pain and pass out.