'Twas the Night before Steroids

Twas the night before steroids, and the Webers were numb
They were trying to sleep, to prepare for the storm to come
The sausage was stocked in the fridge with care,
In hopes that only sweet Mary would be visiting there

Jack and Lucy were nestled all snug in their room,
having no idea  of the pending doom
And Shawna with her xanax, and Zach with his scotch,
Had just prepared their brains for the week of the steroid launch

When the morning came and the first dose was took,
Taco and Clark quickly  ran from the flying book
Our sweet little Lucy is changed with just one pill

It turns her to Dexter with intent to kill.

As the day goes on, the food consumption increases

As mom and dad rush to fill her plate with mac and cheeses

Then it happens, one makes a mistake….
They make direct eye contact for goodness sake!

With a curl of her lip its over and done,
I knew in a moment it must be an evil one.
With the shrill of her voice the demands came
And mom was trying to figure out with Lucy it was by name!

"Was it Dexter! Lucifer!  or, Nellie or Mary!
Oh how the family wished the pill made her not so scary
At the top of her lungs from room to room
The stomping of the feet was going boom boom

As she threw her fit and let things in her room fly,
the parents went to the kitchen to prepare food and stand by.
Soon the fit would be over along with a personality change,
With kisses and hugs you will be able to stay within range.

And then, in a twinkling I saw in her eye
The prancing and dancing of Lucy went by.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Along to the Kitchen sweet Mary was found.

She was naked and hungry, but happy as can be,
What kind of food would she want now, we shall see.
Without making the mistake of making eye contact,
I sat down a plate of food and then stepped back.

Her eyes-how they twinkled! As she looked from her seat!
Her cheeks were like roses, due to the dex induced heat!
She ate her meal and cleaned up her plate,
A relief, a sigh, came from her parents after the wait.
One meal down, one fit done,
but you can be sure there is more to come.
As she takes the doses each day,
It’s a drug her body needs, but a price her body pays!

The dex pushes out the cancer that may be living in her marrow,
So the chemo can kill it before it controls her body like a pharaoh
As each pulse begins, continues and ends
We try to prepare for what to expect and what it will lend

We had no idea the impact of how this drug would work,
And hope the side effects don’t make stay and lurk.
As soon as the pulse is over and she takes her last pill
The following week is nothing but pain filled

She lays on the couch and cries over the pain in her leg
Every once in a while, she’ll have a head  “egg”
But as the pulse passes, and the end is sight
We only have 3 rounds left, so there is a shining light.