Emmy's Story Archive

The initial round of chemo will run for 12 weeks after which we will rescan to see the effects it is having on tumor reduction. At that point the doctors will decide if it is safe to operate or they need to continue her on the chemotherapy.

It's a lot to process. We learned all of this yesterday, today waking up in a fog feeling incredibly hungover from too much unwanted information. This week we have gone from total elation about being at the end of treatment all the way to now where we have been thrust back into a newish and very intense world of aggressive cancer treatment.

T-1d...

That brings us to today. No chemo this week (thankfully), just more of a wait and see approach as we monitor her numbers and their anticipated drop. After completing a treatment run this tough she has historically needed multiple rounds of blood products (both blood and platelets) to get her through to the next step. Anticipating this, we have no intention of taking her anywhere far from the hospital.

CLEAR