Day 25, Chemo Round 5 :: A Roller Coaster Ride

Sorry for taking you guys on this roller coaster ride! Believe me, we wish it were all uphill too. Jade's ANC lost the ground that it gained yesterday and is back at zero.  Bahumbug.


Today's Counts
White Blood Cells: 0.2
Hemoglobin: 8.3
Platelets: 22
ANC: 0

And the peach fuzz that was beginning to fill in quite nicely on her little head is also coming out again ... I know it's just hair; it just takes me back to how sobering it was when Jade first lost her hair.  The sinking feeling that came with waking up to pillowcases covered by her tiny curls each day, and no longer being able to talk myself out of the diagnosis, with her bald head a constant reminder of her cancer and the queue for my final acceptance.  But so much has changed since then; we have all grown and learned so much (Jade even identifies her central line by its proper name, "broviac") ... and now, the end of her in-patient treatment plan is almost in sight.  Thank God for that! 

Jade's Bush... Jan 2012

Jade's Fade... Feb 2012

Happy to be...
March 2012

Shiny
April 2012

Bye-bye, eyebrows and lashes.
May 2012

Where'd they go?
June 2012

Welcome back, brows.
July 2012

Enough to brush?
August 2012