Saturday, July 30, 2011

And the results are in

The reason Dr. Jeong did the bone marrow test was because Mom's numbers kept dropping. Her last chemo was June 23, so her body has had time to react and start getting it out of her system. However, her blood numbers had been dropping instead of getting better. Dr. Jeong was concerned with this. And you can tell he was concerned. You can tell his thoughts not only by what he says, but the expressions and the "pause of thought" he makes when trying to answer your questions. He never said he was concerned or worried that the leukemia had come back, but we knew he was in deep thought about it.

The test showed her bone marrow is still affected by the chemo. It is trying to recover, but that chemo is strong stuff. There are NO cancer cells. Whoo-hoo! We all did a sigh of relief. Dr. Jeong admitted he was "very concerned" with how her blood was doing. He looked at the report Friday morning when it came in and said he was "very happy, very relieved" at what he saw. Well, we are too!

So, her bone marrow is still recovering and it may take it awhile. Dr. Jeong is going to give it more time to heal and then talk about the maintenance chemo. The blood clot in her leg is going away. She will have to be on blood thinner for about 3-6 months (it's a pill - not those shots!) - that's how long it takes the blood clot to completely go away.

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