Chris and Madde's Amazing Journey: It’s Official… We’re Almost There..

Tuesday 3/17/09   It’s Official… We’re Almost There..
 
 
 Okay, so I went to my appt this morning for blood work and we got the results back a little bit ago. Labs look great, but they want give me one more day Progesterone than originally written prior to the transfer. So this means my transfer will be on Monday instead of Friday.
 
At first I was kind of bummed that it wasn’t going to happen this week because I was so excited we were getting so close, but that is okay, I have waited this long I can wait until Monday.
 
“Come on day, just hurry up and get here so I can be reunited with my babies.” Chris’s appt went pretty well.
 
 I was very pleased to hear his oncologist back the family up when it comes to Chris’s diet. As hard as we have tried to get him to eat as of right now he has dwindled down to 131 lbs and this is not what we need to help him feel better. The problem is Chris knows he needs to eat but his body has no desire for nourishment. Part of this is caused by the massive amounts of pain meds he is on to control the pain caused by the cancer but as the meds are doing their job, they are also masking the natural result of hunger pains that tells your body it’s time to eat.
 
 If we could get him to listen and eat a fuller diet I think he would have a completely different outlook on things, but gaining some weight is key, to giving him more energy and bumping up his mood. Besides he needs to get stronger so that we can enjoy as much of this pregnancy together as we can.
 
His doc has mandated that we changed his appetite stimulant to a more concentrated liquid from pill form that he has been taking and put him on a 2500 calorie diet a day for the next month. The goal is for him to gain and maintain 5 lbs or more. I know that if he puts his mind to it this is completely doable. But it is definitely going to be a challenge.
 
4 days till our transfer!!
 
Please lead us through this miraculous journey! 
  
   
Madeline