On To Round 2!

Today was Mom's second chemo.  Her doctor's plan was to skip the Neulasta this time (the shot that gave her such bad bone aches).  Mom was worried about her counts being low but the doctor said there was a different shot they could give her if they were low.  She had bloodwork before her chemo today, and her counts were actually pretty low.  They were 0.1 above the cutoff level for not being able to receive her chemotherapy, so she was still able to receive her chemotherapy.  They decided to also give her Neupogen shots on Friday, Monday and Tuesday.  This is a shot similar to Neulasta but with hopefully less side effects.  The shot is intended to help her body so her blood counts don't get too low.  So we got past that little hurdle and then there was another one!  Her port had turned around in her chest!  The nurse tried to stick a needle in her port to give her chemotherapy, and it had turned backwards, so she was hitting the back of it.  They had to call someone to come flip it so the nurses could access it.  That was not a fun process for my mom-very painful.  But after a few tries they were able to flip it, and mom was able to receive her chemotherapy!  What a morning!  Whew!!
She goes in for fluids tomorrow to help her keep hydrated.  They are also planning on doing another surgery after we get back from our trip to make sure her port stays the way it is supposed to.  For those that don't know, instead of getting poked in the arm with an IV to receive her chemotherapy every time, they insert this device into her upper chest, right below her clavicle, that hooks onto a vessel that delivers her chemotherapy throughout her body.

So of course mom did great with her treatment, had smiles the whole time despite the few setbacks, and she had wonderful nurses which we are so thankful for!  If you all could please say some prayers that her body handles this round of chemotherapy better than the last that would be great!  Last round was pretty hard on her, so we are hoping that she will feel better this time!

Also, please pray that she feels well enough to enjoy our trip to Cancun!  We leave in 9 days whoo hoo!!!  I just hope she feels good enough to enjoy it.  She is pretty nervous about how she will feel and how her blood counts will be when she is down there, so we are hoping for the best!  My whole family is going minus the babies, we are lucky enough to have some great in-laws that are taking wonderful care of them so we can enjoy time with our mom!

So mom's hair took a hike this week!  She gave me permission to post this picture.  Of course my Dad had to join her in the fun of shaving their heads!  She is the most beautiful person I have ever seen.  I don't think there is a need for her to cover up her beautiful head with wigs and scarves, she is so beautiful the way she is!  Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers!!