Finally.

Donnie finally started Rituxan last Friday. It only took 2 months but whatever life goes on :) We got to the Infusion Center at 8:30 and had to sign a bunch of stuff because apparently, Rituxan is a "black box drug" and that means that you can have a allergic reaction from it and die! I mean really, you try to do all this stuff to live and then they give you a drug that can kill you! Needless to say, Donnie signed his life away and got started. It took about 4 hours. It's administered through an IV. The place wasn't as nice as they made it seem on the phone but it was fine! I just red and watched some tv. Donnie was really uncomfortable, the stuff made his head and torso really itchy and he was getting like restless legs. He was just sick of sitting in the chair. He couldn't wait to get out of there! But we both survived :) They said that he might have some flu like symptoms after the infusion. He had a little bit of a fever and he said he felt wore out and tired but for the most part it wasn't that bad! The next 3 times he goes it will only be half the time so about 2 hours, which is totally doable!

How he's been doing.... Umm he's ok. He hasn't had much energy and he's been really tired. He just keeps losing weight, he is a rack of bones lol :) He's been getting a vitamin C drip once a week to build up his immune system and try to get a little bit of energy back! Other then that he has been doing fine just trying to do whatever he can to get better :)