Waiting Some More

Monday we were scheduled to start the next round of Chemotherapy at BSA in Amarillo. It involved getting packed (which meant we were up late) and getting up early enough to get to Amarillo by 9AM.

We spent a couple of hours there as they were drawing blood and checking vitals and making sure everything was ordered and ready. As they were numbing his back for the spinal puncture (and he was complaining about the gooey mess on his back) Josh's blood tests came back and to the doctors surprise, his platelet levels were too low to do the lumbar puncture or to start chemo. Josh of course was thrilled that we could go back home for a few days.

The doctor did not seem to concerned about his blood counts coming down (they had all been substantially higher last week when we left the hospital) so we are just praying that his counts recover enough to start chemo on Thursday.

We have been able to get a few things done around the house this week like installing new flooring in Sarah's room and getting caught up on some laundry.

We even had a little excitement when one of the neighbors electrical line caught a tree on fire during a rain storm. Their electric went out and there was sparks and pops. The fire department and electric company came out to take care of it and we sat in front of the fireplace and had a nice visit with them until things were fixed.

No one was hurt (the tree huggers might disagree with me since the tree got singed and then trimmed) and we got a chance to visit with some neighbors.

Or planis to check his blood counts on Wednesday or Thursday and hopefully start chemo on Thursday or Friday.