~Chemo: Day -8~

Wow...what another wonderful day!  Our little fighting champ is doing so well and tackled his second day of chemo like it was his job.  Eli continues to eat, sleep and interact great so Logan and I feel very happy about the first two days.  The worst thing that's happened so far is his schedule seems to be switched so he slept most of the day yesterday and from  2:00am-6:30am he only slept for about 30 total minutes.  I was exhausted this morning but if that's the worst of my worries so far I definitely can't complain!  Fortunately he was awake quite a bit more today so hopefully we can get better sleep tonight.  

Up until we started chemo I had Eli's med schedule memorized so I always knew what to expect but now that he started his treatments I don't stand a chance of keeping track of everything!  In a 24 hour period, Eli receives 13 different medications multiple times a day.  The majority of his meds are given through his line which is so nice because he absolutely hates his oral ones.  On top of his meds, he has to have mouth care every four hours which consists of the nurse swabbing his mouth with two different antibiotics to help keep any germs out in case he develops mouth sores from the chemo.  If we ever have to give him medicine at home in the future for something it will probably seem like a piece of cake compared to what he gets now!

One thing I absolutely love is celebrating holidays whether it's a small or big one.  Logan is always such a good sport to put up with my ideas and I was so excited to have Eli around for them this year!  Unfortunately being in the hospital makes it difficult to do much and I totally forgot it was even a holiday today :S I desperately searched through Eli's wardrobe for something green but he's still wearing newborn clothes so the selection was quite limited.  This is all I could find:

Lame, I know

I am determined to do better the rest of the time we're here so thankfully I have a chance to redeem myself in a couple weeks on Easter!

 Lovin his chill time with daddy :)

Eli has now completed 2 of 4 days of his first chemo med and will switch to two different chemo meds on Wednesday.  Fingers crossed he continues to handle things so well!  2 days down, 6 to go!