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Taras Grabchuk - our progress

2011 09 14 Views: 2432


 

 

It is the seventh day of the first chemotherapy session.  Tomorrow we will be done with Topotecan, and we will begin Etoposide.

 

Taras often has fever 38.5,  analyses are poor, the appetite is bad, and boy is tired and wants to be in bed. I had a dream  last night that Taras is losing his hair, and in the morning, I checked if that is already happening.

 

It looks that chemo has a good result. During the last days, Taras is taking less painkillers,  and today there was no need for that at all. Taras is not complaining of the pain any longer, and we hope that the tumor is not growing any more.

 

Taras is in the good mood. Thanks to the parishioners from Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Nuremberg, we have friends now that visit Taras every day, talk to him in the language that he understands, watch cartoons with him, and simply listen to his stories. And I have time to cook Taras’ favorite food and to read news online.
 

Thanks to all kind people, that do not abandon us in the time of need and  help Taras to recover.

 

"I am carrying my cross, and next to me my brother, my sister, and my neighbor is carrying his cross.." - everything takes on a new meaning and new contents

 

Taras’ mother Uliana