We never made it into the tunnels today. For every good day sometimes there is a less good day, if that makes sense. Rafi was just plain exhausted. She slept for 3 hours on my chest. She’s done that with Jackie on other days as well. Her body is working hard to create those new cells and sometimes a day full of excitement results in a another day full of nothing. It’s OK, it’s just part of the journey.

Her numbers climbed exponentially however. Rafi now has an ANC of 1.7 and a WBC of 2.8. It is pretty incredible how fast those numbers climb. G-CSF has certainly helped and she will stop receiving her daily infusions when her ANC reaches 2.5. We can expect her ANC to drop precipitously when that happens. Then the hope is that the ANC climbs again on its own. If it drops below 1, she will again receive the drug.

Those increased numbers have certainly helped her wounds. She is healing pretty quickly. We should be back to where we were before the chemotherapy started in about a week. Now if we can just get that excess kilo off her we would be all set. She has stayed pretty steady at 1.3 kilos above her admit weight.

Our overly educated and incredibly optimistic fellow is aiming to get us out of the hospital this coming Wednesday. Being that I am a betting man, I would put money down on a week from tomorrow. I am more than happy to develop a matrix and offer boxes if people are interested. Over/under perhaps?

Geri, I was not channeling the Lost Boys. Try again. The hint is in the spelling.

We will definitely get her out and about into the tunnels tomorrow. I am sure she’ll have more energy tomorrow, so in the end she will have more fun than if we pushed her today.

Until tomorrow…….