Fighting cancer SUUUUUUUUCKS!

Well, the battle is waging. On Monday, Chelsa received Melphalan... a derivative of mustard gas (the lethal weapon used in WWI)... but not an effective "alkylating agent" used to fight Multiple Myeloma.

Her body is handling this about the way you might expect... revolting against everything inside of it. Today (Tuesday) was her day of rest... which really was just a day of feeling nauseous and lousy. Neither of us slept last night because she was so sick, so things are not awesome... especially because we know that they are supposed to get a lot worse after she gets her Stem Cells back tomorrow. BLURG!

The good news is: so far the nurses have all been awesome (which makes such a huge difference); we were told that if she chews ice chips / eats popsicles, she may be able to avoid the "Mucus-itus" side effect of mouth sores... so Chel ate the hell out of some ice chips for about 6 hours... so far no mouth sores!; at work today I got set up to work remotely from the hospital for the rest of the week; and... Star Wars Force Awakens trailer/tickets going on sale!

...and the BEST news... Chelsa is two more days closer to beating this stupid stupid cancer!

Please pray for Chelsa's strength, for rest tonight, for no more nausea, for the ability to eat (& retain) some healthy food, and particularly for her body's response to receiving the stem cells tomorrow.

*Late addition: Chelsa's doc just came in and said that her nausea response with the Melphalan was "worse than average" (she's not used to hearing that rating!), BUT that besides "smelling funny"... she may feel just fine after getting the stem cells tomorrow... at least for a few days. Also, we're watching Charlie Brown & the Great Pumpkin... so that's not so bad.

"No more chucky-uppies" ~Dr. K