Dr. Lee called and asked Mom to come in for a blood test today to see where she's at and when they should schedule the next chemo treatment. She said that Dr. Fleming is really pushing for sooner not later and they were kind of at a stand off over when to get started again.
So Mom went in and had blood drawn and Dr. Lee said that if her platelets were at least 50 they could go ahead with chemo next week but was thinking they would be in the 30-40 range and she would need to have blood drawn again on Thursday.
About 6:00 tonight she called Mom back and said the platelets are just over 80! That's up from 29 on Tuesday last week. So Mom has this weekend of freedom, which they are taking advantage of by going camping with Dick and Marjean, and then it's back to the hospital on Monday. It's hard to believe that we are already looking at this last(we pray) treatment.
Someone said a couple weeks ago that they prayed for a sense of normalcy for us...it's amazing at what becomes "normal". I'm having a hard time with thinking ahead, of what could be "normal" for us soon. All I can see is the fight that we've been in...and I don't want to get ahead of this process. I don't know if I'll ever be able to be rid of that sense of fear and move on from this.
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Your fear will ease with time but it will come back to visit during moments. But the Lord always intervenes and sets you back on the living life to the fullest track! He's AWESOME!!
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