Family and friends- Thank you so much for your supportive emails and calls. Your words of love are helping us keep our heads up.
Besides Ethan coming down with the flu on Monday, this week has been better than the last few. This is the first week in 2 months that I haven't visited the doctor or the hospital. My medications are working to prevent me from vomiting, and this has allowed me to increase my fluid intake and gain some confidence. Though the side effects of the drugs keep me horizontal and sleepy, it's better to be sleepy than sick. The drugs are: Zofran, Benadryl, and Ranitidine, each taken every 5 hours. I've been on the Zofran for 5 weeks, but I'm now on 4 times the dose I started with originally.
My diet is a has been a challenge, but I've finally found a handful of foods/drinks that my body will accept. It's a very bland diet based on the BRAT diet. Nick has coined my diet "unique but bland" becuase those were my only directions for him before his last adventure to the grocery store.
Here is my daily menu:
-Ensure or Boost drinks (Grandma Rooney and I both agree chocolate Boost is the best). These are packed full of calories and vitamins. Vitamins taken in a pill form make me vomit so I have to make sure I get all my vitamins thru fortified foods instead.
-Gatorade or Propel
-Total Raisin Bran (with a small amount of milk)
-Toast (on a good day I can have jelly on my toast!)
-Chicken noodle soups
-Baked or mashed potatoes
-Apples or applesauce
-Plain egg-o waffles
That's it. It's boring and limited, but I'm not going to complain though becuase it's working.
