More of the same

Vlad was very sick yesterday, off and on. The further away from chemo, the less nausea. Sometime after he started chemo at 5:20 p.m., a strong wave hit him. Food, or more accurately, the food tray, seems to trigger nausea attacks. He's eating very little and keeping less down. He had one temperature spike Saturday, but it was short-lived and came between shift changes so it wasn't on their radar.

The tests from last night showed nothing unusual. Lungs clear and blood normal for him.

Today it's a 24-hour break. He won't get more chemo till tonight. Then it's two in 12 hours. If things keep up, he'll be really sick tomorrow. I'm wondering if they'll even let him go home. I guess there's a chance they might keep him till Tuesday.

He had visits Saturday by Alex's girlfriend, Kelly, Saturday afternoon and by Lana, John & Anna a little later. Vlad was able to enjoy both visits. Alex called to wish me happy birthday and so did my mom. We called Karla and Peter; we haven't checked in in over a week. He's doing really well. He's able to speak some, which seems like really good progress less than 3 weeks after the stroke.

I'm going to make Vlad some chicken broth and head in today.