Treatment #2

Mom started treatment #2 yesterday. She tolerated the first one really well and her counts have stayed good with the Neupogen shots. She is having some bone pain from the Neupogen shots so we may have to decrease the number she gets before Chemo and after. This will be one of those things that may need adjusted from time to time based on her WBC counts. She did get sick a little but it was about 7 days after the last Chemo so not sure if this was from the Chemo or some other bug. She was only sick this one time and felt ok otherwise. Home health will come tomorrow to remove the overnight pump that she has to take home with her and then blood work approximately 7-10 days after to check counts.
Dad is scheduled to have his back injections on Feb 11th. I am planning on taking a few days off to go stay with them as this will probably be a Chemo week for Mom if her counts are ok. Continue to pray for our family.

Starting Chemo

We survived the holidays but the snow is about to get to us all. It has been snowing since before Christmas and still more in the forcast. Mom and Dad have not been able to be on the go like they normally do with the weather.
I have not posted in awhile but Mom has been feeling pretty good. She went back to Dr. Shem(surgeon) on Wednesday and got a good report. Her surgery has healed well. She will be starting chemo on Monday 11th at the Cancer Center in Beckley. The Dr in Beckley will be in contact with the ones at Bowman Grey during the chemo regimen. She will start her Neupogen shots(to help WBC,RBC counts) tomorrow. Hopefully she will be able to tolerate the chemo ok. The chemo will be a little different than the first round with an additional drug added to it. Dad's back is feeling better with him doing his therapy and he is scheduled to get injections in Feb. Keep them in your prayers as they start yet another journey.