Karen-

Glad you have your mama with you. Hang in there and I promise you will soon learn to nap when/where you can (usually while she naps and within ear shot).

The haloperidol is the generic compound for brand name Haldol. It is generally used (and classified) as a tranquilizer or "antipsychotic" drug. The area of the brain that controls anxiety also controls nausea/vomiting and doctors are now realizing there are other drugs developed for other uses that have additional benefits for the treatment of other disorders/maladies. This is one. It eases feelings of anxiety AND help to control nausea.

I'm certain this will not be the case for your mom but poor Ed spent 90 days on the bathroom floor. Throughout his ENTIRE treatment we were never able to get the nausea and/or vomiting under control. The closest we got was by using Zofran. I injected it slowly into his mediport and though ideally it should have been with DEXAMETHASONE (a steroid that is supposed to enhance the effects of the Zofran, Kytril, Emend, etc. and every other anti nausea drug they made) Ed had such adverse reactions (putting it mildly) I'd rather donate an organ than ever give it to him again.

You hang in there. You know how much she loves you and all we do is return the favour our parents did for us and extend our home. If you ever have any questions or wish to share stories, Ed was primary care giver for his mom during her final stages of ovarian cancer. It was a great honour and blessing to both of them and us.

Susan