Hi Ann - I was always pushing water and Gatorade or Powerade. They were more interesting since there were a bunch of different flavors and he always complained about how awful water tasted from chemo. Saw Chrysti mentioned Pedialyte. I seem to recall a Dr.along the way saying Gatorade was the same as Pedialyte and less expensive, but it's another option. Not sure about the hemoglobin either. Pat eats more red meat than I would ever have imagined, but it can be really hard for some people to tolerate. We had no problem with blood counts during 2nd and 3rd rounds of chemo while we did Tong Ren, but the first round included numerous shots of Procrit due to low counts. As an offbeat side note, we were in Colorado recently, and I wasn't altitude sick at all for the first time ever. Before we left, I started doing tongren to stimulate my red blood cell production. I decided if low blood oxygen causes altitude sickness, and the body's natural response is to up it's red blood cell production to make us feel better, I would experiment and try raising it ahead of time. Maybe it was just a coincidence that I never got even a slight headache.....Pat on the other hand never got a handle on the altitude, and panted the whole time we were there with the thinner air. Wish I had better advice for you. It's all so disorienting sometimes. Your sister must appreciate your efforts to help. Good luck with it all.