STILL TRYING TO RECOVER

I have learned early on that when I get phone calls from a 510 area code that Oakland is wanting to "discuss a plan." There is always a "plan" for when things do not go exactly as expected which in reality is the norm in this business. We did labs on Friday in hopes that Kristin's counts would have recovered from the evil ARA-C and Cytoxan. Although she is finally on a slow upswing with her counts, they have not quite arrived at the point where we can definitively move forward into Interim Maintenance 2 on Monday. rats! But, I have high hopes that the weekend will give her time to recover so that there will not be any delays in proceeding forward. In all honesty it is really a minor blip in the scheme of things and there are much worse things that can happen.

The latest labs show (I got some numbers wrong on the last report, as the anc count was not that high) ANC 486, WBC 1.8, PLATELETS 387, HGB 9.9. All counts are looking good except the ANC, it must be <750.

I am sure many of you have heard of Eric Trowbridge. He is also a Galena student and does not live too far from us. We have had the privilege of meeting both Eric and his Mom on our clinic visits at the Renown. Please remember Eric, along with Kristin, and all the other innocent children whose lives have been forever changed by cancer. We love you all!

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