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.