The DRUG line up.....

This is a picture of Mr. Blue Eyes when he was four. I thought it was fitting for the drug line up. The first time I read it, I felt like the picture looooks.  

The CHEMO drugs: Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Vincristine (Oncovin): destroy cancer cells by interfering with the cell growth cycle. These three will be given together three times, twenty-one days apart. Then there will be seven weeks straight of Vincristine. Every Thursday has been our day. It is called "nine weeks" of chemo, however, it is really seven weeks of chemo.

Other Meds:
Prednisone: an anti-inflammatory drug that may be used to fight many of the body's negative responses to chemotherapy. Taken for the first 28 days, then 14 days off, and then 5 days on again.This can alter your moods and it did do this to him a bit.  We called it getting on his Mr. Cranky Paints.(it made him defiant, moody and more emotional) The doctor warned us and said "good luck with that" with a smile on his face.
Zofran (ondansetron): helps with vomiting and nausea during chemo.
Clotrimazole: 10 mg.
Lorazepam (Ativan): helps with vomiting and nausea during chemo. (We found this also helps with anxiety. We love it for him.)
Sulfameth-trimeth antibiotic: We use it every weekend.
Heparin to flush his to lines from the picc. We do this everyday.
Famotidine (Pepcid): to help the stomach while taking Prednisone.
Biotene: mouth wash twice a day
Clotrimazole: antifungal medicine to help treat fungal infections. Given three times a day as a Troche.
The Transderm Scopolamine Patch for nausea. We did this one for the last two big chemos, and it made a huge difference.