Appetite

Alex essentially had nothing to eat yesterday. Everything was sitting in his stomach all day, and then decided to take the road less traveled to leave his body.

Alex felt better after the elimination of everything in his stomach, but went to bed with nothing but water in his tummy.

He woke up this morning very hungry - he's already eaten a bowl of cheerios, some oatmeal, and is now working on some applesauce. Unfortunately, the chemo is still reeking havoc on his stomach, so while he is so hungry because of the steroids, the food is just not digesting as well as it should because of the chemo.

You may ask - "Why are you giving him so much to eat then"? My response - "Have you ever tried to stop a steroid induced eating machine"? All I can do, is give him his Previcid and Zofran, and hope that he can keep his food down...