Hiccups in the Road ....along with some Hives.

We know that in life things don't always go as planned.

In cancer? 

Multiply that by 100.

Kyle tried to have his 2nd round of chemo in this
new cycle and for the first time ever his blood
work did not "bounce back".

Meaning his numbers were less than stellar.

His counts were sub par.

His blood was not pro-creating the way it should be.

The Doctors and nurses had to consult and make
a decision yesterday and they decided to ax
the "Gem", of the duo formerly known as the "Gem/Cis"
chemo brothers.

We thought THAT had gone well (the just getting
the "Cis" chemo) until a few hours after Kyle
got home from The Ritz Huntsman last night when
he started to look like Will Smith from "Hitch"...

...in the scene were Will looks like a deformed
human who has broken out in a series case of the hives.

Kyle's body was swelling and contorting into all
sorts of new shapes, red and bumpy and raised.

His eyes were swelling shut, his feet, his elbows, 
they were everywhere.  Hives. Everywhere.

We called back up to our favorite cancer spot
and they told him to get some Benadryl in his
system ASAP and called in a steroid for emergencies.

The hives have come and gone over the past 24 hours.

Appearing and reappearing in new places as soon
as the Benadryl wears off.

It looks like Kyle's body may be DONE with 
this chemo combo and the deadly, yet effective,
combination of chemo may have reached its
Max Time allowed in Kyle's body.

So we have started down the road of "hiccups"
after a long time of pretty "Smooth Sailing"
in this road of cancer.

We're not sure what chemo will come next.

This is the "Frontline" treatment....other chemos
have worse side effects.  Other chemos have
been less effective on this cancer.

There are a lot of unknowns now and as a hater
of unknowns, this leaves me a little (lot) more
worried and on edge.

We are stepping into even MORE unknown territory
here on the CC journey and that is scary.

So there's where we're at ...off to give Kyle
another dose of Benadryl....his eyes are swelling
up like balloons again.

Hives, hiccups and changes...

That's what I've got for today.