Thanks Lois,

Saw the MO yesterday for blood counts and a consult. Bill was still doing amazingly well. His pain level almost nil and his energy up. Gunk in his mouth and throat is almost managable. Blood work was very good with WBC at 6.0. MO could not quantify the benefits of one last chemo...obviously another attack on the tumor would be beneficial to some degree but not known if the benefit outweighed the risk of another possible trip to the hospital. Bill thought for a moment and told the doc that he had made the decision to use everything they could throw at him and he wasn't backing off now. So, he sat for his final chemo yesterday (5 1/2 hours.) We are married to tough guys!

Bill had a fairly rough night last night. He was hyped up as usual after his Thursday treatments...couldn't go to sleep and his gut was bothering him...nausea and heartburn. Who knows what the culprit is...he took his last antibiotic yesterday, took the thorizine for hiccups, had a late feeding since we got behind yesterday and then all the chemo. I get so weary trying to figure out what is doing what. I will be happy to be done with the treatments so I know what I am dealing with here! Anyway, he is sleeping now after his AM rad and I am hoping for a quiet weekend of rest and recovery.
Monday is the last treatment day....yea!!

I am so glad to hear Buzz is doing so well with his txs. Keep it up! Did the new sleep med (I think you said Ambien) help him?? The couple of times I have used Ambien, it was wonderful...got to sleep and no hangover! Hope it works for Buzz. Praying for you guys as well....Deb