New week, similar story

Hi everyone:

I drove Kathleen to her oncology appointment today. She was scheduled to receive an injection of Procrit, and to have her blood counts taken. The results of the latter (5.4 on hemoglobin, 14,000 on platelets) have again landed Kathleen in the hospital on a "23-hour stay". Kathleen was very weak today, so our hope is that the three bags of whole blood she's receiving tonight will be enough to keep her going and get her out of the hospital without an extended stay.

Kathleen is pretty frustrated that the chemo has not, as yet, yielded the results she had hoped for. Her oncologist said that he felt Kathleen would have to go through a third round of chemo (next week), and that he wasn't prepared to draw any conclusions yet about chemo's success or failure until after that third round.

Patty is spending the night with Kathleen. Please keep those positive thoughts heading her way.

Love,
Brian

P.S. On a positive note, if Kathleen responds to the blood transfusions as she has in the past, she'll probably be an Energizer bunny over the weekend. I just wish she could keep it going for more than a handful of days.