Saturday, July 21, 2012

Last Dose of Dex!


Could it really be?  No more steroids weeks?  No more tired, achy bones?  No more crazy food benders: mashed potates & gravy, bacon, cold pizza, pickles, tuna?  No more hollow, sunken eyes?  No more 6 year old in a depression?  Really?  Really?

Yes!  Caleb had his last dose of dexamethasone last night at suppertime.  No more.  No more.  That ends 2 1/2 years of steroids, from prednisone to dexamethesone.  Thank you God that we don't need to take them anymore.  One less chemo drug.  In the next two weeks we will also gradually say "goodbye" to 6MP, methotrexate, and vincristine, and their helper, ondanzetron.  The countdown is on.