The last few days I've been feeling that we made the wrong choice in going to Corvallis for treatment. Things haven't been going smoothly and the comfort that I found at OHSU and the staff and routine there has been missing. But after this morning's meeting with Dr. Lee I've realized that this is just the way it goes with consolidation therapy. OHSU ordered the treatment schedule that we followed, 12 doses in 6 days, instead of what originally thought of 6 doses in 6 days. Dr. Lee was just as worried about her numbers from Friday as we were. She called Dr. Fleming and voiced her concerns but he reassured her that the numbers are normal, the timing is normal and things are going as they should. She would have been at home this week no matter where she received this last round of chemo, and we would have had to drive to Portland last week for blood tests, instead of Corvallis. Dr. Lee is in constant contact with the doctors at OHSU and they are keeping an eye on her - phew!
So anyway today's blood counts...um, not what we expected! Friday before she went to the hospital her WBC was 0.2...today it was still 0.2. Her neutrophils were 0.0 on Friday and today still the same. Her RBC is up a little from Friday but still not where they should be. And lastly her platelets were down from 9 to 6, so we're going backwards even after 2 units of platelets last week. So Mom and I spent 5 hours at the doctors office this morning; she received another unit of platelets and got her PICC line dressing changed(which looks a ton better this week).

We go back to have tests done again on Wednesday and most likely Friday. Then next week she goes back to Portland to meet with Dr. Fleming. Dr. Lee says that they will do a CBC there and depending on the results, she may either have a bone marrow biopsy done up there, or if the numbers are still low, Dr. Lee may do it at her office around the 23rd or even the next week. Her next round of chemo can't be scheduled until after her numbers recover. It may be the week of the 26th or maybe the week of May 3rd or later, we just have to wait and see.