An Interesting Side Effect

Danny has already experienced some of the gross side effects of chemotherapy, but the one that has surprised me the most is the hiccups. These aren't just ordinary hiccups, they're earth-shaking, ab-working, freakishly loud hiccups. He started getting them Day 2 and they were impossible to get rid of! He had them on and off all day. The night was the worst. The whole bed would shake and they were SO LOUD! I eventually couldn't take it anymore and slept on the couch. Danny told our nurses how annoying they were the next day and I expected them to give some suggestions for how to get rid of them; drinking water while standing on your head, holding your breath and swallowing three times, etc. Instead they whipped out a prescription! Who knew there was a prescription drug to get rid of the hiccups?! Crazy. (It works too:)