Day 9 of Interleukin 2 treatments

October 28, 2014

It's been 5 days since Kevin's 9th and final dose of IL-2, for this round at least.  He has another round to go, then scans to see if it's working.




Kevin

He seems a tiny bit better today, everyday get's a tiny bit better.  He isn't on the anti-nausea anymore, but still has bouts of discomfort from being nauseated, they go away on their own.  He's still taking the cipro (antibiotic), he has to take it until Saturday morning.  Cipro is to make sure he doesn't get an infection from the PICC line they put in to administer the meds.  In my opinion, the nausea is caused from the cipro, he isn't eating as much as he used to, and taking cipro on an empty stomach isn't the best.  But he is eating a little bit more each day, which is good.  If you like to eat yogurt, which Kevin doesn't, it would be a good idea to eat as much as you can.  This will help with the side effects of cipro and what it does to the gastrointestinal tract.

He's sleeping less then he was during the day, which is good.  Last night he didn't have as many bouts of coughing, so he pretty much slept through the night.  Thank the Lord for that, lol.  Not sure I could handle another night of being up for hours on end.  I hadn't slept through the night in 7 days.  I shouldn't complain, after all he is going through.  But I did anyway, lol.

Kevin with Nicky and Moose

He told me that he seems to wheeze more when he's lying down in bed.  But not when he's lying down in the recliner.  Could be that the recliner is still on an angle OR it could be that we have dogs and the bedroom needs a good cleaning.  I will get rid of all the dust and dog hair today and see if this helps.

Kevin just told me that he's had these vivid dreams since last week, when the treatment started.  He also said he had these weird type of "hallucinations" for lack of a better word.  They would happen when he would close his eyes, and he'd open them quickly because he thought someone was there.  I didn't notice him acting odd, but I thought it was something noteworthy.


All in all, things are getting better  :)  Thank you for reading!