Days 3 and 4...Hangin in there

It's the co-author, Noelle, again.  At 8:00 tonight Adam made his way to bed!  I think this might be the all-time earliest bedtime that Adam has ever attempted.  Brynnley actually stayed up 30 minutes later than her dad!!  All I can say is at least he is able to sleep and isn't puking.

The last two days have gone pretty well as far as the chemo administration goes.  They are gradually increasing the rate the drug etoposide is administered and his body seems to be handling it a lot better.  No more recurrence of internal burning!  Today they also gave him an additional drug, Adovan.  It is a relaxer, so that his body can relax a little more and is supposed to help with the nausea.  Adam has been on the verge of throwing up for the past 2 or 3 days....constantly.  Being a woman who is now in the middle of her second pregnancy, I have experienced small phases of nauseousness...but NEVER a consistent, all day issue.  I am happy to report that he hasn't vomited yet and we are happy about that, although I can't imagine constant nausea is much better. Adam still has a great attitude amongst all this.  He definatly isn't his normal self, but considering the circumstances he is a tropper...to say the least!  He still finds time and ways to play with Brynnley and he is a wonderful and loving husband. He is ready for tomorrow to be over so that he can have a few weeks away from more chemo, but is nervous for the weekend without IV administered nausea medication.  We feel so blessed that this time around we have multiple anti-nausea medications available to us.  Last time the only thing they gave him was Zofran, and it DIDN'T work for him at all.  It actually seemed to induce vomiting.  So we are are keeping our fingers crossed that between the 3-4 meds he will be able to keep any vomiting to a minimum...or even better that he wont vomit!

We would also like to thank our amazing friends: Sarah Blankenagel, Heather Brower, and Mandi Price for watching Brynn so that I could be with Adam during chemo treatments this week.  We couldnt do it without you and it has been a relief to know that she is taken care of and is having fun playing with you and your kids, kitties, etc.  Asking for help is something that Adam and I don't like doing, so this has been a very humbling experience.  We are so grateful for your willingness to help out!  Thank you also to everyone else for all the prayers and support on our behalf.  We know Heavenly Father is trying to make this as managable as possible because of it.