July 6th, 2012 - Chemotherapy Treatment #58

Peyton had a dentist appointment to begin the day. We recently found out he had 6 cavities. We were shocked because 9 months prior he had no cavaties at all. Initially the dentist had told us that Peyton's teeth and gums looked great. He said, "Keep doing whatever you're doing." Later he came back with the x-rays and told us there were cavities; so we were so surprised! After talking to the dentist and oncologist it was concluded this is a side effect of the continued chemotherapy treatments. The treatments can change the acid in the mouth therefore making it more likely to get cavities. They fixed three teeth on Friday and will fix the others on July 20th. Peyton did ok....he didn't like it of course but he was really good and stayed fairly still. He cried a bit; not because it was hurting but because he was scared. (That's what he told the doctor anyway.) I was having a hard time when he started crying because I just wanted to go over and hold him!! It's hard on moms to see their babies crying! :( Maybe the next appointment will be easier because he knows what to expect. We took him to his chemo treatment next. He was really sick about an hour into it. Come to find out he was given zofran instead of the new medicine we tried last week. (Zofran won't even touch his nausea now. It's getting worse with each treatment.) By the time he was given the new medicine he was already so sick it took awhile to kick in. He was sick the rest of the night. We did lower the dosage (due to the fiasco last time). I'm not sure less is going to work though. He was really sick. He woke up sick on Saturday morning so we waited to see if he felt better before heading home. By about noon he was feeling better and we thought it would be safe to head back home. BAD IDEA!! About an hour into our drive he started throwing up. It was like that all the way home. We just kept up with the medicine and would pull over when he felt like he needed to get out. Then we stopped at a gas station and purchased a GIANT coffee/soda plastic mug. I can't believe they sell such large containers, but I was glad we found it. He used that as his bucket and it saved him from having to have throw up everywhere when we couldn't stop really fast. When he threw up in it we would stop, rinse it out and back on the road we went. My poor sweetheart had a rough day. Charlie and I both said we should've just waited until Sunday to head home, but we didn't know.....Sunday he woke up and said, "Wow! Mom, I finally feel like myself again!" I was so happy! However it didn't last; he woke up on Monday morning really sick again and he missed day 1 of swimming lessons. :( He was really bummed out about that. It was definitely a rough round of treatment this week.