Today was very tough on Roberto. He spent the day either sleeping or throwing up. I would go into details of the day but they are messy and not necessary for the blog. I thought we were pretty good at giving him the anti-nausea medication on time, but it might be more than that. The oncologist told us last week that patients typically vomit the entire week when receiving the chemotherapy drugs. This might be the norm for Roberto for the other cycles.
I first speculated that the smell of the medicine would induce vomiting because Roberto was complaining about the medicine smell all the time. Also, the smell is strongest in the bathrooms of the Infusion Center and his quarantined bathroom at home; those were the locations in which he usually threw up. But after the last two days, it might just be him moving too fast and not knowing what feeling nauseated is like.
With all the vomiting, Roberto didn't eat much today. We sort of prepared for this over the weekend with Roberto eating as much as he could on Saturday and Sunday. He lost a bit of weight from the first cycle and he didn't quite gain it all back. Hopefully he won't lose too much more weight.
On a lighter note, I've started taping up the cards Roberto has received in the mail. If I could tape emails and text messages, there would be a lot more on the wall. Here's a picture:
We're over half-way through the week of chemo drugs. The next two days will be hard.
I first speculated that the smell of the medicine would induce vomiting because Roberto was complaining about the medicine smell all the time. Also, the smell is strongest in the bathrooms of the Infusion Center and his quarantined bathroom at home; those were the locations in which he usually threw up. But after the last two days, it might just be him moving too fast and not knowing what feeling nauseated is like.
With all the vomiting, Roberto didn't eat much today. We sort of prepared for this over the weekend with Roberto eating as much as he could on Saturday and Sunday. He lost a bit of weight from the first cycle and he didn't quite gain it all back. Hopefully he won't lose too much more weight.
On a lighter note, I've started taping up the cards Roberto has received in the mail. If I could tape emails and text messages, there would be a lot more on the wall. Here's a picture:
We're over half-way through the week of chemo drugs. The next two days will be hard.
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