The end of chemo

Chemo has finished, the last day was thursday. Logan is completely off food now, he hasnt eaten since tuesday when he had a mouthful of weetbix. He is feed through his NG tube constantly now. The goal is to get him to 90ml an hour, thats the equivalent to 90 calories an hour, he is currently at 75.

Day -3 was the first day of ATG. This attacks his T lyphocytes so they cant attack the new cells when they are transplanted. It takes 6 hours for the drug to run its course. Not a very nice drug at all.
He is also given 2 other drugs to help stop an allergic reaction.
During the 6 hours he became freezing cold, but he had a temperature, he got a really bad headache also.
He got the shakes, I have never seen anyone shake like that before, the nurse called it The Rigors. He also has a rash. All this I am told is normal. The first day is supposed to be the worst day, we have 2 to go.
Eventually he went to sleep, which was the best thing he could do.

Day -2 started out with a massive blood nose that wouldnt stop. It was running down the back of his throat and he was having to spit it out. He ended up having a platelet transfusion. I thought they would have been red but platelets are yellow. He was given his donors blood type, apparently it is okay to do this with platelets but not with red blood cells. Eventually his blood type will change to that of his donor.
The 2nd dose of ATG is about to start, hopefully it is easier than yesterday.