What can I do to alleviate my husband's abdominal pain?

My husband is currently in the middle of his 3 round of Xeloda and Oxaliplatin (2 weeks Xeloda, 1 week off, with an infusion of Oxaliplatin at the beginning of each round.) He has had a lot of abdominal pain lately. Maybe its the Oxaliplatin? I will ask his doctor today. I am at a loss as to how to help him. He has to go through 3 to 5 more rounds (each round is 3 weeks!) He thought he had a colon blockage, but when we went to the Onc. he couldn't hear any of the noise in his abdomen he would expect to hear if his colon was blocked. He did, however, prescribe 6 hours of IV fluids last Wed so he wouldn't get dehydrated because of trouble eating and drinking.) As of last night, he ate a little soup and drank some tea, but I'm afraid its not enough (and not a lot of anything else for 5 more days.) He can't eat cold drinks or food because of the Oxaliplatin and he's getting tired of soup/broth. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
~Melanie781


(Treatment so far: diagnosed 12/07 with Stage IIIC rectal cancer; 5 weeks of radiation and chemo, Xeloda, with hardly any chemo side-effects, only the radiation cooked his skin; next it was surgery twice (his rt-groin lymph node had to be removed during his first ten week stay in the hospital) and was readmitted into the hospital for another ten days because of infection in his groin/leg; now he is doing the adjuvant chemotherapy decribed above.)