Day 7

Kristine was in great spirits today!  She's been getting out of bed to move around a little bit in her room.  Dave has her doing some knee bends.  He sent a picture via text message last night and I'll post it after I finish writing today's blog.  You can see how Kristine is being a trooper through this whole ordeal.  The contraption next to her goes with her everywhere she goes.  You can see all the different bags of IV fluids, medications and chemo drugs being administered and monitored through the machine.  She is retaining a lot of fluid, especially in her legs.  You can definitely see a difference in her face, arms and hands as well.  Dave said in 6 days, she has gained 6 lbs --all fluid retention.  We know it's not from overeating the hospital food! 

On a lighter note...  last night, my family and I were talking with her about how we were having overcooked asparagus (the way Kristine likes it) for dinner, which segwayed into how bad it makes your urine smell.  She then explained that it doesn't compare to how horrible chemo pee smells!  LOL!!!  Then Dave threw in the fact that it's also orange in color!  Kristine happened to be enjoying an orange flavored popsicle at the time and used it as a visual reference.  We all had a good laugh over it.  It's nice to see Kristine isn't losing her sense of humor.  Although, she has started losing her sense of taste somewhat.

It would be nice if Kristine is able to avoid the awful side effects of chemo and maintain her good sense of humor as well as keep her hair.  Only time will tell.  We're well prepared with beanies, scarves and ball caps if need be.  In the meantime, we're just taking it one day at a time.