Monday, June 9, 2008

Waiting Another Week...

The Berlin mom, with platelet counts of only 18 yesterday when we visited and lunched with her on "süß-saure Eier" in which she forgot to put the vinegar and sugar in the sauce that gives the dish its name and then added it at the table, nonetheless went off to the hospital this morning with her bag packed in hopes they would begin her final round of chemo. It was rather clear they wouldn't, with such low counts, the same reason she had to wait out a week the last time.
Well, she phoned from back home to say she should have listened to us and not taken the bag, that her counts were up to 40 (they want 100 before a new round), and they had sent her home to wait until a week from today to return and begin that last round but that she needn't go in for lab work anymore till then.
She could laugh, though she was irritated about the delay, agreed that the pitichiae are a sign since the doctor confirmed that today, and that she has no choice but to wait. Asked what she planned to do with the unexpected free week she had been given, she said she'd have to think of something, and hopes that it won't take long after she finishes Friday week before she doesn't have to deal with any of the side effects at all anymore.
Patience, thy name is a patient!

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