1/16/09

Today the first ickiness of chemo seems to be setting in for KD. He had another set of chemo and got a headache, so they gave him a low dose of some codeine-based pain killer. That did not go over well (if you hate that feeling too, you know what I mean). It made him a bit sick. On top of that, he's got some ear disturbance and can't hear so well, so he's a little out of sorts. So he's on sudafed for that.

They've also hooked him back up to an IV drip so he's back on a leash to his "pole". But he's enjoying the bigger room and the luxury of taking a shower whenever he wants (and having a bathroom door!). If you go see him, it's now room 4252... down the side hall at the very end.

Now that he's O.D.'ed on Indian food, he's switched to Italian ... or rather, and i quote ... "anything like that with tons of cheese on it" ... but nausea and Italian food don't go together so well, so I may hold off on the lasagna or pizza for now. How horrible would that be, to burn out on pizza because of chemo? Could you ever give up pizza? No way!

If you have a few minutes and want to tell him a joke or something, he could use a phone call or something to cheer him up. He's been talking to some old friends, which got him brooding about his wild (and stupid) teenage years. Getting cut off from the real world is making him a little squirrely now I think.

Google some jokes and give him a call... 871-6263. He's due to get sicker soon, so now's a good time to call or stop in to see him before he goes bald and gets crabby about it :-)