Toni got through her 10th treatment today. Lots of tears at the start while waiting for her turn. Her iron count is low. She came in at 25 (should be 40 through 100). So she will get two infusions of iron added to her next two chemo treatments. We'll be looking for spinach laced foods as well to help with the iron defiency. We visited with Deb (Dr. Linden's nurse) following chemo, and she said once the iron gets back into the normal range, Toni should feel like Rin Tin Tin. (I said to Toni, "you'll feel like a dog?") I am guessing that was not the point.
She was "authorized" by the insurance company to begin taking an alternate chemo drug (Xeloda) in 3 weeks along with her radiation which starts somewhere around the first week in September. Otherwise her blood work looked ok, other than she is still running anemic.
Toni's next step is radiation mapping. This will be done at Evergreen Hospital on August 21st.
If Toni feels well... most of our weekend will be aimed at getting ready for Beth's visit (Toni's niece) starting next Friday. We look forward to her visit. In the picture above, Beth is on the right (sunglasses). This photo was from our visit to Colorado. We went to the Colorado Creamery for ice cream. I used to go there during college (like OMG, 25+ years ago) aaaaugggh. Toni is enjoying Blue Moon ice cream. Apparently it is a "secret" recipe and only the Colorado Creamery has it outside of Wisconsin. Toni used to go to the Wisconsin Dells. For those of you not familiar... check it out online. I have been there as well. Duck boat rides, putt putt golf and various family oriented stuff.
Anyway, an update on the BMW... so it died on the highway in the middle of 405 in high traffic, high speed (like 65mph) and Friday afternoon traffic, and I was smack dab in the middle of the 6 line highway. I was able to manuever off without incident (other than making a few highway travelers ticked off at my lane changes). I had no engine power and was going up hill so the speed bled off fast. The engine then went back to "on" when I got to the shoulder and I made it home. Talk about an adreline rush. So the car is going back in the shop. If it can not be fixed this time, I'll be riding in a new car in the next few days. Ok... that is it for a bit.
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