Chemo - Cycle 1 - Day 4 - Things Get a Little Worse

Day by day this week, the chemo drugs work their magic on Roberto's body, but the drugs do not make distinctions between "good" and "bad" cells.  Their target is all rapidly growing cells; they destroy the malicious cancer cells in his body but also his healthy blood cells.  The microscopic battle raging on inside him has absolutely drained Roberto of his energy.  He spent today mostly sleeping on the beat up, green La-Z-Boy in the corner of the living room covered by the quilt my mother made me. 

At the Infusion Center, Roberto threw up twice.  This is by no means a set back but rather an expected side effect from a few of the over half-dozen medications he is taking.  However, this does make each small meal that more precious and it felt like a small victory when Adam and I were able to cajole Roberto to rise from his resting spot and drink some soup.

Jim was able to visit Roberto at the Infusion Center today for a couple of hours, and, from what I heard, the visit energized Roberto a bit.  Visits like that and the little messages I keep receiving from Facebook, emails, and phone calls from you guys are wonderful.  I relay the messages to Roberto when he wakes up for a couple of minutes.

There's one more day of chemo drugs for this cycle!  It's another day of Roberto suffering the medication side effects but it's also another day of killing the cancer and letting Roberto reclaim his body.