My blood counts were way up yesterday, hallelujah! Thankful for healthy bone marrow that makes great numbers of neutrophil cells. The oncologist did say that he wants to give me a shot now the day after each chemo treatment to keep those cells from dropping so dramatically for so long. He's hoping this will keep... Continue Reading →

This morning is Chemo #3. The rhythm is blood draw, see oncologist, start chemo. So I'll be there from about 9:45am to 1pm. I'm not looking forward to today because it means another 21 day roller coaster ride. I realized last Wednesday in the hospital that I only had a week for this to start... Continue Reading →

The days in the hospital were filled with reading. Here's a poem that I liked by John Newton: I asked the Lord, that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know, And seek more earnestly His face. I hoped that in some favoured hour, At once He'd... Continue Reading →

Last night my night nurse said, Ok we're gonna take blood at 5 am and the numbers will be up and you'll be going home. That's my prayer, I said. The target was a count of 500 in order to go home. This morning is was at 1300! Yippee! The discharge doctor told me to... Continue Reading →

Yesterday Jane started running a fever. We kept taking her temperature about every three hours. It kept slowly climbing. One of the mantra’s our oncology department preaches is “call if your temperature reaches 100.5”, so when her temp climbed high enough we dutifully called the on-call doctor. You know how it goes, this always happens... Continue Reading →

Remember the first Nadir period. Neutrophil count at 100. Well, I am in the next one now. Last time my heart was challenged when I had to miss my daughter's marathon. Here's where my heart is going this time. "You cannot go out around crowds for the next week," says the Nadir Period. Do you... Continue Reading →