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Chemo sucks

Wil has been dealing with issues related to his chemotheraphy.

March 27, 2018
Well we did not get the the test results we wanted the past 2 days. We will have more tests in the next 2 weeks and new medicines to try. Chemo has not been kind. As always Wil is a trooper and he will get through this with laughter and good hair. Thank you for all the well wishes.




MARCH 29, 2018
Wil had a rough night with chemo. He sweat through several beach towels. And has spent the mornIng throwing up. Nott much sleep going on at our house.
Chemo is NOT a solution to this horrible disease. Wil has had 11 different types of chemo in the past 10 months. They are not kind.
1. Vincristine (1961)
2. Daunorubicin
3. Doxorubicin
4. Cytarabine, also known as ara-C
5. L-asparaginase (Elspar), PEG-L-asparaginase (pegaspargase, Oncaspar)
6. Erwinia
7. 6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol)
8. 6-thioguanine
9. Methotrexate (1956)
10. Cyclophosphamide (1959)
11. Dexamethasone

March 31, 2018
After a rough week the pain finally was too much to manage at home. Wil is finally resting in the ER with a good combo of pain medication, although he did give us a little scare with his reaction to the first dose. All tests on his head look normal. Hopefully we will go home soon. #chemosucks

April 3, 2018
HIDO scan on Wil's gallbladder
Been a long morning already... few more hours of testing to go.

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