Scott's third cycle of chemo went better than the previous two. While he would not describe himself as feeling great, he's feeling less bad. He has a new patch for nausea that he can wear for 7 days. It constantly releases anti-nausea medicine. And on Thursday, he got a shot that should help prevent him from becoming so deficient in white blood cells.

This week should be a relatively quiet week. Hopefully he will get another CT scan and MRI, but neither have been scheduled. The only concrete plan is on Tuesday he will get a port placed. This will make for easier venous access and will save his veins from getting ruined by constant needle sticks.

His oncologists have already scheduled Scott for a 4th cycle of chemo for Thanksgiving week. That could change depending on what the CT scan shows. Another cycle of chemo might seem kind of sucky, but it would actually be bad news if it gets cancelled. That would mean that the chemo isn't working. The doctors think it is working because his pain is better and because his voice has returned.  We sure hope those doctors are right!