Vorlon Whispers

November 5 Final Update

I’m really beat tonight. The chemo, even at this reduced concentration, is hammering me. The Vorlon Wife went out for a while. I slept on the sofa and the Vorlon Dog slept on the floor. He seems to be recovering from his surgery. His energy level seems to have increased, but he’s still slower than he was.

I get a Neupogen shot Monday through Thursday to, hopefully, keep my white cell count up. I have another treatment on Friday, if my blood count is good. If my treatment goes through on Friday, I’ll get a Neulasta shot on Saturday and they have a two-week chemo vacation.

In his current condition, the Vorlon Dog cannot jump up on the sofa. The Vorlon Wife got him some doggie steps to he can get on to the sofa. He had to force him to use the steps. He couldn’t seem to figure them out.

But once on the sofa, he seemed really happy or at least comfortable. He lay down and was shortly asleep. He does like to curl up next to you and lick any exposed skin. We’ve discovered we need to wash his face almost every day. His eyes weep onto his face and it hardens.

We take some warm water cloths, carefully wipe his face until it’s clean, and then wipe with some clean dry cloths. I don’t know if it feels good or not, but he puts up with it.

He was scratching his left ear when we got him. The vet gave us some eardrops and we’ve been putting two drops in each ear twice a day. He holds quite still for this and the drops appear effective. He seems not be scratching nearly as much as before.

I’ve been living on Boost Plus and diluted white grape juice. While I could probably eat better food, the thought of it is unappetizing. Cold and wet seems to go down best at the moment.

Now I’m off to bed.

Posted by The Vorlon at November 5, 2006 7:26 PM