Doing much better.

I wanted to update everyone and let you know that Ashton is doing so much better. The last two days have been so different from the first day where he just slept and was quiet and sick.
Yesterday he played and even went for a walk through the halls. He woke up great this morning, happy and his usual self, he just wants to go home. Its looking like we will be this afternoon.......hate to say this, but it all depends on the poop. Unfortunately, this morning, Ashton got another feeding tube placed and it was pretty horrible for him. This was the first time he has been awake while getting one put in. During Radiation he was always put under and thats when they would place a new tube when needed. They gave him a bit of Verced to calm him down, but it really didn't help when they actually put the tube down his nose. It took him a good hour to calm down afterward. He kept gagging and saying he was going to throw up, but it is just the feeling of having the tube in his throat that makes him feel that way. So they now have something called "go lightly" going through his feeding tube. It is a laxative that they give people undergoing a colonoscopy (sp?) Once he goes we get to go home! Its been 6 days, poor guy. I wanted everyone to know that Ashton is doing really well now and I hope he does this great the next 5 times we do this.

Tomorrow we will be receiving a supply of Neupogen shots and I will have to give him one a day until his blood counts go up. I dread doing that...of course he hates it. But, it is a good thing because that means his white cell count doesn't stay down for too long.

I will let everyone know how things are going once we get home. We were told he may not get the sicky feelings until a week after chemo so next week may be a yucky one.
Keep your fingers crossed for us!