Doing good!

Forgot to write an update last night when we got home from Portland...what a busy couple of days this has been.
We left town about 9:45am to head up to pick up Joyce from the airport. After that we headed over to OHSU and has some lunch and wandered around the hospital for a bit waiting for 2 for Mom's appointment with Dr. Fleming. Joyce and I stayed in the waiting room and chit-chatted until they were done.
Her appointment went well. She is reacting just as she should and everything is going as hoped for. Her WBC was 2.0 yesterday and her platelets were up to 29. The neutrophils were at .5.Her WBC had doubled in 24 hrs. Dr. Fleming reassured Mom and Dad that he was in close contact with Dr. Lee and was watching closely how the treatments are going. He also explained why she was receiving the 12 doses instead of 6. Any patient over 60 has a greater risk so they really try to kick its butt. Anyway, she had to go back to Corvallis this morning for blood tests again...after waiting from 9:15 until 11:45 for the results, most of the numbers were the same...except for the neutrophils, which are now at 1.0. This was great news and it means that her immune system is now functioning on its own and the flowers/fruits/vegetables restriction is lifted until after her next treatment. It also means that she isn't house bound, although she does still need to stay away from large crowds and sick people - she has an immune system but it is very fragile.
She was very excited about it as it means that she CAN go to Casino night this Saturday.
So the plan right now is to give her about a week off, she doesn't have to go back for tests again until a week from Friday...then depending on her blood counts she'll go back for chemo again on May 3rd.