Hope

Greg was doing great, but his legs were bothering him at night. We found out that he did, in fact, have some stomach issues. His C-def (?), which is not as receptive to the antibiotic, was overgrown. The solution: Activia yogurt if he wasn't having diaherria, a prescription if he was. His last stool, which was the day before, was liquidy, so the doc called in the prescription for the antibiotic. I was hesitant to give him an antibiotic in the first place, especially when he would have to be taking it during his chemo treatment. I talked to our favorite nurse practitioner the next morning who said the Flagyl was to be taken if he was having intense diaherria, which was not the case. I'm glad we didn't start it.

I was somewhat hoping that if we did have to give him the antibiotic, it would mean we would have to push back his chemotherapy. Twenty-one days in between treatments just doesn't seem right. They say it's best to kick the cancer while it's down, but I was not physically, mentally or emotionally ready to start again - he hasn't even healed from the first round.

If he did not have a fever, we were advised to give him Tylenol at night for the leg pain. We didn't need it. We both got a full nights rest. For the first time, I felt hope that we could start chemotherapy again.