November 24

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Unfortunately, we had to bring my mom to the ER last night because she was running a fever. We knew that with this kind of chemo, every 1 out of 3 people has to go back to the hospital because of a fever. They look for a source of the fever like some type of infection. However, last time and this time there seems to be no real cause for the fever. It might just be the chemo causing her body to react. Her white blood cells are pretty much non-existant, so she is at high risk for catching something. They decided to transport her to Boston, where she will stay until she is no longer running fevers and her white blood cells return to above 500. This is the same situation as last chemo session. We think they have gone up slightly since last night, which is a good sign because once they start going up, they take off. We are hoping they will go up very quickly. It's not the best way to spend Thanksgiving, and we are all very disappointed :( Emily and I are bringing Thanksgiving to the hospital. Emily has cooked a bunch of my mom's favorite foods and I made a pumpkin pie. Dani is going to go to her friend Molly's house for the day. Then Emily will stay at the hospital tonight so my dad can go to work tomorrow. We know this is just another bump in the road and there will be better holidays to come where we truly will be thankful for good health and family. Please pray that her white blood cells go up significantly so we can get her home as soon as possible. Love you all and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!