Thursday, June 19, 2008

4 Down, 28 to Go

Today was day 4 of the radiation treatments. The only sign of radiation continues to be the little bit of a tan Stephanie is developing. More side effects are expected to develop in the next two weeks and get worse from then on. Yesterday Steph really felt bad. She was nauseous most of the day and threw up several times. Unfortunately she threw up the anti-nausea meds too. We set her on a much lower feed rate, which at least let her get some sleep until around three this morning. She has managed to keep everything down since then though. We aren't sure what is causing the nausea, as the dose of carbo platin is supposed to be so minor that it wouldn't cause this. We saw a Radiation Oncologist today (Dr. King, because Dr. Fields is still out from his surgery) and her prescribed another antinausea med and an antianxiety medication in case Stephanie is more worked up than even she knows. needless to say with her feeling crummy yesterday she spent most or it in bed only coming out for a few hours. Please pray for her nausea as the medicine just doesn't seem to be working (and it's all pretty powerful). We did get a letter to try a different, denser, food which should help her feel more normal because she wont be so attached to the pump. And there is a place in Baton Rouge that will supply three cases of the stuff a month for us. On this particular formula that would be about 12 days, as opposed to 8 on her current formula. No real good news in this post other than we are 1/8 of the way through treatments now (and 1/6 of the way through chemo).
We thank all of you very much for your support through comments and prayer for us, we are certainly blessed by each and every one of you guys.

4 comments:

Diane said...

Warner and Stephanie,

I just sent a prayer request out for Stephanie. Our Prayer Partners will be praying and God will be listening.

Diane

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy new food may be helpful - let's hope and pray for anti nausea meds and new food to work...........Sounds so stupid to say this now but I am so proud of both of you and I love you both sooooooo much! Mom/MIL/SKSB

Anonymous said...

Warner and Stephanie, Still have you and Vicki Dees at the top of my prayer journal. I feel like I know you from your blog and talking to Cherissa today. I am praying that God comforts you thru the nausea and holds you in His arms so you can get some much needed rest. Praises to God for the nourishment that will be provided for the next few weeks! You have many prayers for you from Arkansas! Cindy McLean

Laura said...

We're praying for the nausea to stop and the food to stay down - and nourish Stephanie. And rest for Warner.