Started at last

We’re finally under way.

Rhys had his first dose of campath today, in addition to fluids and a lot of other medication to help him deal with the chemotherapy and its effects.

He’s eaten two meals today. His first was 2 potato waffles and 2 chicken teddies. He left one of the teddies but ate everything else.

His second meal was burger with cheese on top (no roll), chips and onion rings. I swear the burger didn’t touch the sides on its way down. One minute it was there and the next it was gone. When he ran out of steam Rhys left a couple of chips and onion rings.

A pretty successful day on the eating front.

Even so he is going to be fed through his nasal tube while he’s in bed asleep. The idea is to ensure he doesn’t lost any more weight but will him used to being fed this way if he needs it later on. Tonight the nurses are going to increase the rate at which the feed is going in by 10ml every few hours. Starting at 20ml per hour by Sunday morning Rhys should be getting feed at 70ml per hour.

Tray and I are going to have to learn to feed him using the tube although fortunately the nurses in Yeovil will be the ones to change it for us.