Today was a frustrating day...Ric woke in the night with a headache, which progressively got worse. He ended up getting sick a couple times in the morning. We figure the headache was from the tapering off of the Decadron. We had the doctors appointment with the oncology team this A.M.  Lets just say, by the time anyone saw us this morning it was P.M. We were very frustrated! We waited about 2 hours before we got to see a doctor!! Poor Ric was not feeling well...I had to leave him, to bring Carly to school. Came back to the cancer centre, the doctor decided to give Ric some fluids (intravenously). He believes the headache and nausea are from the tapering of the Decadron.  Ric is now back on the Decadron for a couple weeks...taking very small doses, tapering from .5mg instead of 2 mg...which he had before.  Hope this won't cause such a crash.  After he had his fluids, he is feeling much better, not full of energy though, like yesterday.

Ric will also start taking his Chemo again tonight...I know it was a bit of a surprise to us too!!  We were only expecting a discussion on when to start up again.  Anyway the way the chemo will be taken this time round will be in the night, before Ric goes to sleep.  They figure the nausea should wear off over night.  This Chemo is a much higher dosage then previously taken.  Ric will be on this Chemo for 5 days of each month.  Will not take any Chemo until the next month... when it will be another 5 days...and so on.  Will start again to blog more often, to keep you all up to date with the progress. 

Ric's Pic : Chicago - Saturday In The Park