DAY 13 - EVENING

**I walked over to the Pacific Ocean today.  I went to find Valerie some spaghetti, but the place I knew about was closed, so I walked a little farther, and this is what I saw.





Today was another roller coaster.
Once we figured out that we are leaving Thursday morning and doing our last full day of treatment tomorrow, I thought things might settle down a bit.... but I was wrong.

Valerie had been saying she was queasy off and on yesterday and today and she's been very tired both days.  We mentioned that we thought it might even out with the meds, but today was pretty touch and go.

She only ate the one meal - breakfast for lunch - and about 7 hours later she vomited it up.  It seems odd that it would still even be in her stomach, but I can attest to seeing versions of what she ate at 12:30pm showing up again at 7:30pm.  She felt better afterward and ate a little fruit, but we are going to have to figure out how to keep food in her.  She's got to start getting some nourishment.

Tomorrow the plan is just to get her to eat - no supplements.  Because frankly, that implies we are supplementing something, which we aren't at this point.  I will say that besides Pringles, the other things that have seemed to help some are ... flavored croutons, aka Twistos (thanks Anissa!) and tic tacs (thanks Michelle! - it's the closest I could find to peppermints) and spaghetti. I envision our kitchen at home having whole cabinets full of Twistos, tic tacs, and bags of pasta.  Hey!  Whatever works!!

Not sure what to expect from tomorrow, but hoping the decreased stress of not having to take pills and just eat and get through all 6 IVs will help some.  We will keep the Twistos, Pringles, and tic tacs handy.  :)

At about 9pm Valerie decided it would be good to go down to the beach.  I asked the nurse if it was safe to walk there and she said no - only before 5 or 6 pm.  I'd say more like 7pm ... that's when I went - looking for pasta. :)

** When I walked at 7, I got a better picture of the bull ring right right across the street from us.  You can see the stadium/ring in the back and the banner announcing an actual bull fight later this month.

** I had a hard time choosing between the picture at the top or this one, so I just included both.  Don't worry, I spared you the other 10 that I took.  Good night everyone.