Foody and the Beast

Doxorubicin. Blah. 48 continuous hours of red poison. This is the chemo that put him into the hospital for two weeks. We need a lot of prayers to keep him healthy. This is thankfully his last dose of this stuff. After this week we have only 4 inpatient chemos left. Hurray! We have a clinic chemo next week and then a big evaluation the following week. Then we will begin a new chemo. But since we are focusing on the positives this week I will talk about the FOOD! Oh my holy appetite! Yesterday Spence ordered room service SIX times. I wish I had my camera cord to post the pics! He started off light with oatmeal, then moved on to some mashed potatoes with gravy, followed by some nachos and some french fries. For dinner he ordered a smothered burrito with sour cream, carrots and broccoli, a dinner roll, a garlic bread stick-which he didn't care for, and an oatmeal raisin cookie. To back track a little, in between the schload of snacks and dinner he threw up a little. As I was wiping his mouth up he says, "mom can you hand me the menu?". Oh my Spencer. After dinner he ordered buttered popcorn, skittles-they gave him two bags, regular and berry, and a Sprite. He wanted to be prepared for our movie night, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It was a fun day watching his excitement over all of his food choices. It has been a long time since this has happened. He opted to stay here overnight on our last day instead of leaving late that night because he wanted to eat breakfast before he leaves! I love it! Thanks for all of the prayers regarding his taste buds. Please pray that this chemo does not kick his bum like it did last time!