Today William will be receiving his 9th day of chemotherapy for round 11. I am happy to report that he has no side effects well, at least that is according to the doctors. ;) For the past three days William has been dealing with some very persistent and annoying hiccups. Our doctors tell us that hiccups are not side effect of the chemo, but we are not convinced ;) We have tried everything we can think off to get rid of the hiccups, nothing seems to work. If you have any advice to share with us…. Please let us know….Anyway, if a few days of hiccups are the only side effect that we have to deal with, then I will not complain!
During the next 7 days, the entire family will be very busy with several exciting events and adventures. On Sunday William will be racing his derby car, the Green Hornet, and William’s infamous partner in crime A.K.A. Grandpa will be flying in from NC. While grandpa is here we will all travel down to LA where we will have two days of appointments with DSRCT experienced oncologists. William and I love road trips, grandpa says it’s because our family has gypsy blood and we feel the need to explore roads and travel the world ;). We are both extremely excited about spending a time with Grandpa and being in LA…..
Last night William received a gift from a group of kind and BIG HEARTED people in Houston - The following video shows William opening the box and loving the presents
Keep on Keepin' on. Live Strong in God's promise of healing and miracles!
4 comments:
Yeah, for almost no side effects :) Try this..drink an entire glass of water as fast as you can from the opposite side of the glass. Almost always works :)
Seems like we took Phenergan for the hiccups. But of course, it makes you drowsy.
Hi Loiss!
Jack has problems with hiccups during (and only DURING) chemo treatments. They prescribed him baclofen and after taking 1 pill, his hiccups are gone 30 minutes later. Without the pill, Jack was hiccuping for 5 hours straight without relief. I'm surprised they told you it wasn't related to chemo---it definitely can be but of course it isn't always.
Jack gets chemo hiccups too! Just because it isn't in the medical journals doesn't mean it isn't a side effect ;) the chemo nurses here say they have a few patients who get them. I have no good advice for getting rid of them :( just wanted you to know he's not alone :)
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