We discovered that one of the drugs that Eric is taking is causing a bit of insomnia which explains why he isn't sleeping very well. The plan is to wean him off of it anyway so hopefully within the next few days/week Eric can get a full nights rest. It would be especially nice if he can start sleeping better before the next round of chemo.
A common side affect of both chemotherapy and radiation is hair loss. We have seen a drastic change today with this. Eric's head has been red and itchy. Yesterday I was rubbing lotion on it to help with that. When I took my hand away it was covered in black hair. Then this morning when Eric was showering he said that chunks came out.
Here is his new look. For some reason mainly the black hairs are falling out. When his hair grows back in- if it comes back white/gray he will look something like this....
Physical therapy went well today. They had him warm his shoulder up again, do this arm bike exercise again. Then they had him try to dribble with his left arm. Eric said he was a bit uncoordinated at it lol The physical therapist wants Eric to practice dribbling with his left arm this weekend and play with Tayvia. :)
Eric has been wanting to go to the movies for the past few days. Today my parents came over to watch Tayvia while we snuck away for a little date to the movies. If you know Eric you know he is a big LOTR fan so naturally his choice was to see The Hobbit. We had a good time and enjoyed the movie!
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