Day 481 - Chemo is doing fine

Day 2 of chemo this week, and Ryan is doing fine.  His belly is bugging him, but it's manageable.  And he's tired... Went to sleep around 9pm last night and woke up around noon, but that's not unusual.

His magnesium is low, so we are giving him extra magnesium before his chemo (along with some extra fluid).  The extra fluid is mostly just a precaution with the warmer days, extra fluid is always a good thing with this kid.  And the last thing we need him dealing with is dehydration.  Of course, the extra fluid means an extra hour or so in the infusion clinic, but we're fine with that.  Whatever is best for him.

Thank you all for the continued prayers and good thoughts!


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  1. Lois HillAugust 15, 2018 at 5:33 AM

    He should know by now -- you don't get anything past Mom!!
    Glad all is going pretty good, OMG to sleep that long, wow
    Speaking of dehydration, do you remember when he took a big "swig" of wine -- Ann asked him why and he said he didn't want to get dehydrated :) what a kid
    LUV U all

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