Taking a week off, sort of
Mom is on the truck with Jay for the week. She got her regularly scheduled chemo yesterday and they bumped up the dose. She handled it well so she decided to play hooky from the Neumega shots for the week and go on the truck with Jay. The doctor advised against it because she doesn’t want Mom to run the risk of getting an infection since getting the daily Neumega shots bump up her white blood cell count and therefore help protect her from infection. But Mom really wanted to get out of town and away from the family, spend some time alone with Jay, and see her house in Texas before it sells or goes into foreclosure. She called it her “sanity trip” so although she is taking a risk, I’m happy she is getting some time away from the hospital.
And overall she is doing pretty good. The last PetScan was good with no new disease or growth and her tumor markers (CEA levels) dropped 200 points! So she earned a break. Have a good trip Mom!
