Monday

Barbara is still very weak. We went to hospital and gave blood. Then we went to the park to just enjoy the park. We have rested the rest of the day. The blood results came back and Barbara's blood platelets are low. The oncologist said not to start the chemo tonight as scheduled. They were afraid that with the platelets so low that the chemo would cause the platelets to go lower and Barbara would begin bleeding through her skin

So we are on hold regarding chemo with the hope that her platelets will increase this week. The doctor said that it is best to do 5 days and 23 days off chemo but they said that often there are reasons to deviate. This is one of those times. So just pray that Barbara will be able to raise the blood platelets There is no food that she can eat that will raise the blood platelets. Just time will get the existing chemo out of her system so that her blood platelets will go up.