As you know, Jen went into MSK in NYC today for round II set II of her treatment. Although she is not done yet, she called me to deliver some good news. Her blood count numbers are up across the board. Specifically her white cell count is around 2.1 and her red cell count is 7.0+. This is a very positive improvement from several weeks back! It is very likely that she will not have the drastic ill effects that she had the last time.
Additionally, she may not have to go back into MSK NYC until sometime the week of 10/12/10. She may be able to do her follow up work at the MSK Basking Ridge location as it is routine monitoring and various not chemo medications for the next few weeks.
The MSK staff seems to feel that she is doing very well. One small disappointment is that Jenny broke a tooth. (I have no clue how this could happen. The hardest thing Jen has eaten is a hardboiled egg. But hey, most Englishmen/women have terrible teeth.) The doctors have told her that she cannot have this fix until after she is done with her treatment.
So this was some good news that I wanted to get out there. Keep those prayers and positive thoughts coming because it is working!!
Dom and Jen-Thank you for these updates. Dom you are hilarious even in adversity, very inspiring...Jen, you are a trooper. A big hug to all of you. xoxoxo Aida
ReplyDeleteDom - Let me remind you .... I'm American, so you can't blame my bad teeth on being English! And you missed the Milk Duds in the snack drawer :)
ReplyDeleteWhich tooth is it? Are you now Snaggletooth?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your tooth, Jen! Hang in there. Thank you for coming over on Saturday night. It was great to see you. Thank you for the bath towels too :-)
ReplyDeleteexcellent to hear good news!!!!!
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