Sorry, Teddy, there will be no 6 ft stick for Ed!
Ed will have to pass on the six foot stick, Teddy...too much stuff in the living room for it to hit!
Thought I'd give an update since it had been a few days. Erags is doing great. He had a shot on Monday to boost his white blood cell count (which was in the normal range at that time). We have to go in daily for lab work to check blood counts. (Well,
we in this case really means
he!) Overnight his count went to 16,800! :yikes: Doctor said it would drop rather rapidly, and it has...to 12,500 then 7500...as long as it's over 4000 tomorrow morning he will get a dose of Vincristine. That will officially
end Chemo Cycle One! Hooray!:yes::yes: Unfortunately the end of Cycle One means...the
start of Cycle Two ten days later! Different drugs are used for the even numbered cycles but the doctor said it's not any worse than the regimen he's just completed. We are

ray:

ray:

ray: that he is right about that. We're expecting Erags to be spending another four or five days in the hospital for Round Two. Oh, boy...more free hospital food for me! :bbq::roflblack: We have been able to ride the :spyder2: three days this week...the riding has been great at night, with relatively low humidity. We've visited with friends this week, which helped with our spirits. Also picked up more books from the library to keep us busy during the boring hospital days.
If Erags is feeling up to it we're planning on riding over to the 20 ft metal spider in Elberta AL on Saturday morning...Gulf Coast Spyder Riders get ready for a ride! Hopefully tropical storm Isaac will not throw a wrench in our plans next week. Looks like the latest predictions have it coming up to visit us next Thursday.