U17 United Soccer EOS Party -2011

It took some effort to get there but on Sunday evening Faye was able to enjoy a bit of her soccer team's end-of-season party.  The next morning we were back in the Hospital for the last two chemo agents of this fourth and final round.  I hesitate only slightly using the word 'final':  while I have no doubt it is Faye's 'final' chemo the reality is that there is no certainty.

Faye's discomfort had been 'manageable' relative to the first three rounds up until Monday afternoon when extreme nausea, pain and discomfort set in. This morning Faye is finally experiencing some relief and the 'ick' is now coming and going in decreasing waves.  We have one more big hurdle before moving on to radiation:  getting through the drop in blood counts/ANC over these next few days.  We are scheduled for a blood test early tomorrow morning and we anticipate another blood transfusion because Faye's counts were already low going in to this round.  We will also schedule Faye's last PET scan probably for later next week:  we have a lot of hope and expectation riding on the results, think positive thoughts and send them our way and I'll keep you 'posted'!  ~Lolly