News about Dad

This is a little update for all of you. Today was your dad's fourth chemo treatment out of 6. He will have the last treatment on September 7. He is really not doing very well right now. He is having lots of nausea problems. He is on all kinds of meds to get some relief from the sickness. He is taking Zofran, it is supposed to keep him from throwing up. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. He is taking campazene (sp??), it is also for the nausea and vomiting. It seems to be working but he only takes it after the first 3 days. He is on Adivan. It is a multi-purpose drug. It is used to help alchoholic and as a muscle relaxant and as a seditive. He is using to help counter act the jittery legs he gets with the chemo. He also has a problem with constipation problems. It is one of the side effects that really bothers him. He now has a hemroid and so they have given him some steroids to shrink that and two different kinds of laxative to try to help him keep regular. It is begining to be like a drug store in our room. I just want him to start feeling better. On the up side of things, the radiation tech looks at something each day which is sort of like a mini x-ray or something like it and she says the tumor is smaller than it was. That is the good medical news. On top of that President Clifford was voice for a blessing which dad recieved sunday. Pres. Clifford said that this would not kill your dad but that he will live through it. I was not there so I don't really know the exact words just what your dad told me.

I love you all very much and I love the pictures of Ezra and Mercy. I will try to post some of Samuel's kids tomorrow.