Hey guys...Well as you can see my white blood cells rallied! Thank goodness. The first pic is of my chemo nurse and friend Angela giving me Adriamycin, the first of four chemos total. Its red...oooohhh! The second picture is of me when Benedryl and etc kick in. I know I look drugged. Jill certainly thought I was a little funny...I guess I started to slur at one point. I'm feeling okay now. Just a little sick to my tummy. Talk to ya kids later. I gotta lay down.

Hey everyone...Happy Sunday. I couldn't go to church obviously. I think God forgives you if the doctor says you can't go! That's my friend Jen...everyone is trying to make sure I don't go crazy with boredom and loneliness. We are making funfetti halloween cupcakes. They are the coolest! I have had a huge sweet tooth lately. So, cupcakes rock!! Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow! Go white blood cells, go!!!!

That's my friend Heather...she and Ann came over to hang out with me since I am a shut-in for the weekend. I successfully gave myself my first shot. Scott yelled during it, he acted like I was giving him the shot! Such a baby...he also called me Rocky which I think means it reminds him of athletes shooting up steriods, weird. Anyways, us girls watched a lot of fun TV and ate ice cream. All in all a good day. We also worked on New York Times crosswords. Heather is really good at them!

Bad news for those of you keeping track...my chemo was held today. My bone marrow decided that it was not up for the challenge and did not produce the adequate amount of white blood cells to make chemo safe to receive. My neutrophils are 500! Yikes. For you non-medical folk that is major danger. Now I have to take my temp every day, I can't eat any thing that is not cooked, I can't leave my house and I get fun shots. I'm tellin' you...this is just getting more fun by the day. To make matters even more exciting my hemoglobin has continued to drop as well. I guess that explains why I was so tired the other day! The new plan is to give me shots over the weekend and try again on Monday. Scott is at the drug store right now...I think he might be a little nervous about me getting sick because he's buying every anti-bacterial item he can find! Oh well, adventures in chemo land continue...

Hey everyone. What an awesome day I had. I saw so many people at work! It was so nice to see everyone. I forgot how much I missed you guys! Then I met Sam and we went to see Amanda at the hospital. We saw Steph there and then met up with Kim, Teresa, Monica at Pompeii around the corner for some lunch. I am definately worn out but, I had a blast! Now I am going to eat the dinner which Sam so nicely provided. I think there is enough soup for at least 4 meals! Thanks Sam!!! Have a great night everyone. Enjoy these last few days of good weather! It's absolutely beautiful outside! Love you all!

Thought it was time for a pic of Scott since he works so hard to take care of me. This is a pic of him making me yet another healthy dinner...yummy green beans. He's also got eggplant parmesean in the oven. My weight is still down from the last chemo...not that I'm complaining. To me the weight loss is the silver lining of this whole thing! I feel awesome today! Thanks for all the comments, cards, letters, and emails. It really makes my day! Have an awesome day!

Love you all!!!

Picture of me getting my blood test on this last Friday. My counts were okay. My red blood cells seem to be the ones a little harder hit. I went from 14.3 on the start day to 12.4 in one week. This, of course, prompted my mother and Scott to start talking about different high iron foods. The problem is I don't like liver or blood sausage...such problems. Ha, Ha! Don't worry, I'm eating all the other high iron foods instead. Feeling great today! I am starting my list of things to get done in the next 5-6days for the next chemo! Can't tell you how much I am looking forward to it!