DOWN GO THE MEAN OLD CELLS!!!

This past week was a relly busy one for us. On Monday our white count was at 44.3 and so the Doctor felt that we should begin our second round of Dacogen as well as continuing on the oral Chemotherapy drug Hydrea. Dacogen means a trip to the Doctors office to receive about 1 1/2 hours of treatment every day for the week. That usually works out to about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away from home. In addition to that we required platelets on Tuesday and Thursday, add 2 to 3 hours each day and then on Friday 2 units of blood, another 6 hours. Needless to say by Friday she was really wiped out and very weak. The pneumonia continues but we seem to be holding our own with that. Occasionally she will have a bad night due to coughing, but we seem to be moving forward a bit. She has had fewer fevers and her oxygen saturation has improved. The really exciting news is that her white blood count is in a free fall. On Thursday it was down to 27.1 and today down to 10.1, and so we are really encouraged by that. We are hopeful that this will be and easier week and that she will be able to rest well and begin to build back some strength. She will then hopefully be able to fight off the pneumonia. All in all we are very encouraged by the results and know that it is because of all of your faith and prayers. As for us, "WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FAITH."