Just got back from Alex's weekly chemo treatment. It's the last in this phase of treatment. He gets a week off and depending on blood counts, will begin the next phase (which should be a bit easier on him) just before Christmas.
His blood counts this week are way down so we have to go back tomorrow for some transfusions of red blood cells. We'll have to do blood counts twice a week now. He is what they call Neutropenic or having a low immune system.
So no crowded places and staying away from sick people (which we have been doing all along). It's strange because he has actually been feeling better the last two days but when he awoke this morning it was a different story. A part of it is the anxiety of having to go to the hospital and getting chemo. He has been vomiting all day today and was dehydrated. They gave him two bags of IV fluids in the hospital. His lumbar puncture didn't quite go smoothly either. They had to do it twice today so his back is sore. Hopefully, no spinal headaches this week. He didn't have any after last week's LP. Hoping and praying that the blood counts will come back up soon.