And so it starts, as of tomorrow morning Angelica starts Maintenence.<\/p>\n
We got her bloodwork done on Saturday morning and we waited and waited and waited for what seems like FOREVER! Finally one o’clock rolled around and we called the lab for her numbers and……..they weren’t ready! Talk about frustrating!<\/p>\n
We were told to call back at 2:00pm and so we waited another whole hour and finally her numbers were ready.<\/p>\n
White blood count. 2.8
\nHemoglobin 106
\nPlatelets 228
\nAnd the magic numbers……..<\/p>\n
Her neutrophil was at a .8<\/p>\n
In order to start the Maintenance, she needed to score a neutrophil count of at least a .75 and on Friday she was at a .5 and there was talk of her counts not being Hugh enough to start on Monday.<\/p>\n
But she did it. Her body has managed to rebound and to finally fight off that stinking virus that has been plaguing her for the past few weeks.<\/p>\n
So she heads in bright and early on Monday morning for an 8:00am appointment for a lumbar puncture with chemotherapy being injected into her spinal fluid. Then she has her monthly dose of Vincristine and she will come home with prednisone and 6-Mercaptopurine. She takes the 6-MP every day for the next year and a half. The Prednisone is taken 5 days out of every month.<\/p>\n
So while this next phase is less intensive than the past year, we are not finished whith this whole ordeal by any means. <\/p>\n
But, looking towards the positive side of things……her immune system will be functioning at a more consistentantly high level than it has been over the past year, and she will be less ” impacted” by the chemotherapy. Her hair will grow out and she will have less trips into the hospital. <\/p>\n
Our lives should settle down as we adjust into a new chemotherapy schedule and how it impacts our family. We are really looking forward to a bit of a slower pace.<\/p>\n
The most pressing thing currently is that apparently all of our walking that we’ve done has resulted in some trauma to Geli’s heel. It looks like it might be tendinitis of her achilles tendon. Its causing her quite a bit of discomfort and we need her to heal before her heads off to New York next week!<\/p>\n
So if you all wouldn’t mind sending up a prayer for her heel, that would be much appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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