Jen's platelets are still too low to resume chemo. Her numbers on Wednesday were about the same as the previous draw from last Friday. Either she has been stable for about 5 days or dipped lower and is now on the rise. In either case the doctors feel we need to give her bone marrow more time to recover and should not do another blood draw until Tuesday of next week. If her counts are high enough we will resume chemo at that time.
This is obviously frustrating for us, but hopefully we will be able to find a dose where she can continue her cycles on a consistent schedule. She should be starting a new cycle every 28 days. Hoping to start next Tuesday and praying that the lower dose does not cause her platelets to fall so drastically and that it is still effective.
We will be attending much of the Brain Tumor Conference this weekend at UCLA that I previously mentioned. Should be a good chance to learn a little and perhaps meet other patients going through the same thing.
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