This morning, Dr. B came in to exam Steph after her first round of chemo. Her spleen and lymph nodes are no longer swollen and her white blood cell count has dropped to 100,000. Not quite normal, but a lot better than 400,000! He said that she’s responding remarkably well to the FCR treatment, better than expected.
Her platelet count is a little low, possibly due to the FCR, so he ordered a transfusion, which took about 20 minutes, before discharging her from the hospital. She’s going to receive outpatient care from him and has an appointment for a followup a week from today.
Her nurse removed the PICC line (which we were afraid she’d have to keep) and stuck a band-aid on it. She arrived home at 2:30pm this afternoon and is currently lounging on the couch watching television, surrounded by our little dogs, playing Candy Crush Saga on her iPhone.
She isn’t cured, but she’s recovering exceedingly well. Though we’re still holding our breaths, we are very optimistic that she’s going to make a full recovery and will eventually wind up cancer-free. Here’s hoping!
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