Didn't make Counts, Chemo on Hold...

Snowy drive in (yes I was stopped)

Wednesday Emily had clinic to check her counts and the expectation was to start Round 3 of the IV Avastin and home oral chemo of irenotecan and temador.

630AM, my phone rang to the County Schools saying school was closed because the snowy weather was moving in faster than what expected (when the night before we were not supposed to get anything). I looked outside and it was pouring down raining. Left around 9 once Daddy got home from work and it looked like it had been snowing for a while. It was a long trek into the clinic, but we made it safely.

It was busy in the clinic, so Emily was accessed and we waited back in the waiting room until a room became available. Emily's nurse came out after a while and said Emily doesn't make countys, her platelets are 21 and need to be 35 to start the next round. I certainly wasn't expecting to hear that.

The waiting game, for platelets to recover, makes me nervous. Nervous to wait, nervous that we are letting NB come back in, when this seems to be working.

After talking with the nurse practioner, Dr. Gowda feels confident with this regimen that Emily is on, and that he doesn't want her to move forward without the Avastin. That is great to hear from him... The avastin goes in and attacks the tumor cells that are in Emily's body and then the chemo that comes after attacks the remaining ones. Emily still has such a long way to go, and many tumors in her bones that we want the Avastin and chemo to take care of.

Plan is to wait until Monday, and bring Emily back in and have her counts checked. We are having her eat plenty of greens, and trying anything we can to get her counts back up to where they are supposed to be so that we can start the next round.

While we are nervous about the wait, at the same token it is nice that Emily has a little bit of a break and this weekend we are taking the girls camping and going to meet with Navid who started Projekt 3000. We look forward to meeting with him. Emily is even more excited because her best friend, Lilly from school is coming with her sister who is also friends with Jessie. So, they are all excited and we are excited about seeing them happy. Emily really deserves this and we are thankful to their parents, good friends, who are letting them come along with us.

Please send your love, hugs and thoughts to Danny Nardi's family whom Danny lost his fight to neuroblastoma and AML. Danny and family, we are thinking of your during this unimaginable time. While we never met, I know we have seen Danny's name on the door in Michigan while we have been there! Thinking of you! http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dannynardi

Please make sure you hug and kiss your kids and tell them how much you love them. The most wonderful thing is hearing your kids telling you that they love you out of no where. Have a good weekend!