Rebound of the Blood Counts

Hi all,

I just wanted to give you a quick update as Candace heads off for her bi-monthly cocktail. I spoke to her this morning and she was in great spirits - she has pink grapefruit lotion to sniff today and she is armed with information to have a good chat with her oncologist about the balance of her treatment. I'll let Candace detail that for you later.

She said the blood tests from last week showed her white blood cell count to have rebounded to around 2.5 (which seems to be her normal chemoed level) and her INR is at a good place, so she no longer has to stab herself! She can stick with just her "rat poison" pill as she likes to call it.

Good thing her counts are better because there's a nasty cold going around! Sean had it during the x-mas holiday (he was not allowed near Candace the entire weekend) and I caught it right when I got back. Now our stepdad has it and apparently Dennis is starting to feel under the weather. Sis says she feels fine, so let's all keep our fingers crossed!!

Her arm is still a bit puffy, but she has been seeing improvement. She's not being very diligent about her de-puffing exercises though! She IS quite diligent about her DDR training. Sadie has learned that she is not to step on the dance mat, so apparently she gets as close to it as she can without actually laying ON it. She's such a smart, funny dog.

I'll leave you with that brief update and let Sis update you further on Turnaround Tuesday.

Happy New Year!

- Mel