Ken's Progress

It is Wed, and we are in Denver at the Univ of Colorado Cancer Center. This is my third post today, so be sure to scroll down to the previous posts to see the pictures and videos I added. Ken is getting his 8th and last RCHOP chemo. He is almost done. They say each time he gets chemo, it compounds on top of the previous time. His reactions vary because of that. He was not looking forward to today and was sick to his stomach before he even got to the infusion center. Poor guy, he hates this. But luckily, he took his nausea medicine and they gave him the pre-drugs. He has been asleep thru all of the drip so far. He is so used to them poking him, he hardly wakes up for it. Kinda like the dogs at home walking on him while he sleeps on the couch. He doesn't seem to notice that either.

This is the last round. We are praying that it takes care of the last of the lymphoma. It needs to kill the last of the bad cells. Let's hope and pray.

We came to Denver last Friday to see an ear, nose and throat specialist. She did a scope to look at his vocal cords and tell us that they are starting to move. His left vocal cord was paralyzed before and we were waiting to see if it fixed itself or if he had to have surgery. The doc said it looks like God and Mother Nature are fixing it. She said to give it another 2 or 3 months. If it isn't fixed to our satisfaction by then, we can come back. But we were happy to know that she thinks it will fix itself.

Ken must have known I was talking about him, because now he is awake. He is asking for nausea medicine and his bucket. He has been able to eat most of the day. Hasn't lost it yet. But he looks a little pale. I know he can't wait to get out of here. One of the medicines that Ken gets is pushed thru his IV by the nurse. It takes about 20 minutes for her to push it slowly thru. It is very dark red like black cherry kool-aid. I think Ken hates that med the worst. It always makes him pee red for a day. Makes him sick to think about it. I'm probably making you sick too, so I'll stop.

Hope you are all having a great Wednesday. Bless you all, Bev