Last Bag of Chemo! (Hopefully)

My seven days straight of chemo is almost up! Around 6pm today the bag will empty and I will not have to be hooked up to any machines for a while!

Now i have to get some tests done on my bone marrow to insure that the leukemia is gone, if it is now- another round of chemo. If it is- build back my blood cells!

This blog post is very difficult to write because I have not be able to stay awake any longer than just an hour or so today. I am very weak and light headed and I don't have much appetite today. These are all common side effects that I am getting to the end of the chemo.

So comical enough, as I type this my eyes keep closing and I keep losing focus. I hardly even know what I'm writing anymore!

It's funny because everyday I think about how I am so drained, but then the next day comes and it seems like it is 10x worse.

I didnt ever think I could sleep as much as I am right now!

Here are some photos of me and my (possible) last bag of chemo!!!!



By 7:00 tonight my arm will be free, and I will be free to walk around without my good friend Pole over here. It will be really nice to be so free!

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