Day four of chemotherapy brought some relief for mum. Upon entering her room today I noticed that her mouth was bright red. It reminded me of the killer bunny in Monty Python. Apparently, she explained to me, she had felt well enough to enjoy two cherry popsicles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg
Since mum hasn’t been eating much lately, she asked the doctor this morning “Should I worry about not eating anything?” (typical Jewish mother!) to which he replied “No, you’re on fluids so you’re okay for a couple of weeks.” Mum wittily replied “It’s a good thing I’m not the old lady in Monty Python’s spam restaurant because then I would have to eat spam with everything I order!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE
Lucky for mum, dining services here have food without spam. The menu has many options, including kosher food from Kohn’s Kosher Butcher in St. Louis.
If you haven’t caught on by now, we are great Monty Python fans!
-Alana
Hi Deborah and family,
ReplyDeletePopsicles for dinner, yum! My dad was very happy eating tapioca during many of his chemo days.
It is a mind- and body-challenging time as you wait for the poisons to do their "good" work.
Here's to the Knights of Ni! and Holstein cows over the ramparts.
Day six of seven--you are almost there!
--Kari