Day Two of new chemo

Well we made it to day two of the new chemo. We originally thought we would be in the hosp. till Tuesday but good news we are breaking out early tomorrow morning. We should be home for kickoff at 11am (THANK GOD not another week in the hosp. with no IOWA game and just a radio.)

This chemo is tough, Brian slept most of the day Thursday. Chemo is accumulating and making him worn out. Yesterday was rough but we are back mentally and physically and ready to fight. We know we are on the right path and are confident we will make it to transplant. Brian got up this morning and got a couple miles in before I went to school for my test. This morning it was sticky bun day. YUM! It seems like every time we hit a bump the next day is sticky bun day and we get to have some yummy comfort food. The thought of hospital food makes Brian nauseous (after 8 weeks of the same thing he can no longer eat it). We never eat fast food, ever, and last night we gave in to McDonald's chicken selects and Mc Flurry's because it was the only thing that Brian wanted (and that was even hard to get him to think about eating). Last night the nurses snuck us some ice cream and cake (a few of the nurses are getting married and they had a party). Once again more comfort food! The nurses and aids on Powell 3 are like family now, for some reason when you have a bad day it is nice to get off the elevator and see their faces, especially when they yell "YOU"RE BACK"!

Today Brian was having trouble eating again so I brought him a wrap from the DMU cafeteria, I had to encourage him HARD to eat it before his McFlurry so he could get some nutrients (that is hard, because I'm usually taking away food from Brian now I'm trying to shovel as much of it in as I can). This weekend we are going to make homemade milk shakes/pritchard PB cup flurry's with some nutritional powders mixed in so that Brian gets some good stuff in him.

I think the next few rounds we will bringing/ordering food in, anything to get him to eat.

I told him that someday when I'm pregnant it will be the same as him. I will be craving foods...puking, sleeping, and grumpy. Now he will just understand how I feel! You have to look lighter at situations.

Tonight we are taking it easy so we can bust out early. Chemo should be done around 5 am however, I'm making Brian wait till the sun is out so that we can make a pit stop at the farmers market. Then we will be I-O-W-A all day long followed by lots of sleep.

Thank you all for your comments. I have to tell you Brian checks hourly because comments really lift him up so keep them coming. We can't believe how much you all lifted us up, we could feel the prayers and all the texts encouraged us to keep trucking. We have been reading a lot of scriptures online, yes products of the 21st century, reading the Bible online. It is easier to pick us up by prayers and comments then by phone now a days. It gets to be overwhelming, so don't be upset if we don't answer, we just need a break.

PLEASE keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Pray that this new chemo works and we go to Iowa City. We need all of our prayers warriors out there!