1st Week of September: I didn't have to get chemotherapy this week because the last one was supposed to last for two weeks. My mom called my oncologist and told him that she definitely wanted a bone marrow transplant for me. She told him she talked with Dr. Suter at NSCU and that she was going for the "cure." My mom felt better now that she had made that decision. They didn't have an opening until November so we were just going to have to wait 2 months. To celebrate my mom took me out shopping to the organic dog food store again. She bought me some herbal immune system booster in powder form to add to my food. I think it gave me gas. At night it was uncomfortable for me to sleep. By the end of the week I just couldn't sleep at all. I did my usual "musical dog beds" and was up for hours and didn't sleep until 4am. I ended up sleeping in because I spent so much time trying to get comfortable. The next morning I got up but I wasn't hungry. My mom tried hand feeding me but i just didn't want anything else in my stomach for awhile. At around 11am she became very scared. She called my oncologist who said that it was very unlikely that it was from my chemotherapy because it was already over a week since my last treatment. He told me to come in. When we got there he checked me out. He pushed on my belly and checked my nodes and told my mom that I was fine. He asked if I had been experiencing excessive gas lately and my mom told him no more than usual. The next day she realized that it (the gas) might be due to my "Herbal immune booster." Sure enough once she stopped giving me that I was able to sleep comfortably.
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