2 Down, 6 To Go!

As I type this, David is at this weeks chemo treatment. He was scheduled for chemo Tuesday, but after checking his blood counts they said that the white count was too low to do chemo. David was very frustrated with this news, he wants to keep on the schedule and be done with this. So we went this morning to try again to have chemo, knowing that they had told us that if the white count was still low that David was not going to have chemo again today.

We got in and they "access" David's medi-port and take blood and again they said it was too low, better but low. They de-access him and call the doctor to find out when to reschedule him. Well, I guess this week she read some new research and with the course of chemo he is on the changes in white blood counts are ok and are more common than she thought. We were also told it is a good sign because the chemo is killing the bad cancer cells, and the white cells are just in the way and end up getting killed too. So in the future David will not be delaying chemo due to white blood cell count. David was very happy with this news. I was also pleased to hear him giving the nurses a hard time today. He is getting comfortable and familiar, and while its too bad he has to make himself at home at the doctors office, i am glad he is comfortable there. The staff there continues to be outstanding and they like David a lot. It is nice for me to know they all are looking out for him and taking care of him while he is there.