Tanner is on his 6th day of his 3rd Chemo Treatment or the COPAM session. For the first few days of this past week, he was feeling back to himself. That is always a good thing to see and for him to feel. He spent the past week in "inpatient" status receiving his chemo meds. He is now starting to feel the side effects, but they are not as bad as the last session. Every session can be different depending on the patient. However, his team of physicians felt that the 2nd session was really harsh due to his body being introduced to the chemo medications for the first time. Thus far, the side effects have been mild and as soon as he feels something, he is given something to counter the effects.
Friday evening, he was discharged to "outpatient" status and went back to the Target House. He wasn't able to sit down with both sets of parents and have the enchilada dinner, but had a craving in the late evening and was able to eat some. When he is awake and needs to focus on something else other than the medication, he plays games on his I-pad mini and works on Sudoku. His bowel movements are still pretty painful and intense. He has had weight loss because his appetite comes and goes depending on how he feels and is a challenge at times with the nausea. Tanner has to consume a minimum of 2400 calories a day in order to maintain his weight.
As of today, he had appointments this morning at St. Jude for his spinal tap. He is back at the Target House today resting.
Thank you for the continued prayers and support.
Friday evening, he was discharged to "outpatient" status and went back to the Target House. He wasn't able to sit down with both sets of parents and have the enchilada dinner, but had a craving in the late evening and was able to eat some. When he is awake and needs to focus on something else other than the medication, he plays games on his I-pad mini and works on Sudoku. His bowel movements are still pretty painful and intense. He has had weight loss because his appetite comes and goes depending on how he feels and is a challenge at times with the nausea. Tanner has to consume a minimum of 2400 calories a day in order to maintain his weight.
As of today, he had appointments this morning at St. Jude for his spinal tap. He is back at the Target House today resting.
Thank you for the continued prayers and support.
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