June 13, 2007

It's the 8th day past Adrian's 4th chemo (calculated from his 1st day of chemo) and I wondered when the mucoscitis is coming. I asked the doctor today if there's any possibility that Adrian will not get mucoscitis this time around and doc said chances are rare but it happens. Will Adrian not get mouth sore this time? I'm in mixed emotion - I'm happy on one hand that he'll not suffer by mouth sore but on the other hand, the chemo is supposed to kill the fastest growing cells (i.e. cancer cells, mucus lining cells in mouth etc.) and in this case, the mucus lining stays in mouth so did the drug work on cancer cells then? Baby has gained back a bit of his appetite and if all goes well, he will be discharged tomorrow.