Home, Week 66

Count went down 48 points (at 529 now)... this drug is making no sense to us.

Mom's bone marrow isn't able to regenerate her red blood cells as quickly as it used to, so she's taking a break for a few weeks. Her red and white counts are both a little low, with her white count fluctuating, so she's been tired, but still up in spirits (what else would we expect from her).

Home, Week 64, Another New Chemo, Round 6

More chemo.

Home, Week 63

I need to find a different way of titling these posts so that they still indicate chronology, but aren't counting the weeks that Mom's been home from the hospital... any suggestions? =)

CA-125 is 577, only down 5 points. The next doctor appointment will be very revealing, I imagine.

Home, Week 61, Another New Chemo, Round 5

Okay, double info... Mom's count went down to 582, and it's chemo day again.

Home, Week 58, Another New Chemo, Round 4

Same thing, different day. =)

Home, Week 57

CA-125 is down to 622! This drug wasn't supposed to take time to kick in, but it appears that's the way it's acting. We'll take the blessings where we can. =)

Home, Week 55, Another New Chemo, Round 3

Well, the next step was to have another round of this same drug, now that the infection is gone. The thinking is that the infection may have caused her CA-125 to falsely be high (even though the CA-125 was weeks before the staph showed up...), so we'll see what happens. I can't logically chalk this up to anything (even though the doctor is trying), so I'm going with the doings of a higher power.