One week Later.....

One week later you have to return to chemo camp for bloodwork. After all the good stuff has been pumped into you, your system can be a little "off". A few vials of blood will tell. I am happy to report that my white blood cell count was low but not too low so that I needed the dreaded Neulasta shot. This is a shot that stimulates your bone marrow to starting pumping out massive amounts of white blood cells. White blood cells are the guys or maybe I should say the gals that keep infections at bay. We need lots and unfortunately chemo kills them along with the cancer. This shot, from what I hear - and I hear a lot, makes you feel really horrible. You get more flu like symptoms and you have bone pain. So, needless to say I was very happy to learn that I didn't need it. I did have to go walk in hours at the pediatrician with Nick the other day (nothing serious) and I was not delighted to be in a room full of sick kids. There were tons of them, sneezing, whining, crying, coughing, dripping with all kinds of bodily fluids. I had to pull the cancer card and ask to be put in a room away from those little monsters. I would have worn a mask if I had one - people would probably think I was afraid of the swine flu but it probably would have been a good idea. I'm happy to report that I didn't get any infections from the germ infested pediatricians office and I'm feeling much better. Talk to ya soon.

xoxo Susan