Pleasssssseeeee give me chemo

Before every round of chemo, I have to do bloodwork to make sure my blood counts are good and that my organs are handling the chemo.  I did bloodwork on Monday morning which was apparently too early.  My white blood count was still kinda low.  I emailed my oncology doc (love that he emails!) and asked if I'd still be able to do chemo.  He said to repeat the bloodwork on Wednesday  morning (today) before my appointment with him.

I've been really stressed about whether my lab results would allow me to do chemo.  It's probably weird that I really WANT chemo tomorrow.  I want to kill this cancer and move on with my life. I'm not a procrastinator.... just want to do it and check that date off my list.

We got the oncology department right at 8:00 this morning to do the bloodwork so it would be ready for the doctor at my 9:20 appointment.  We had about a 45 min break between the labwork and the doctors appointment so we grabbed coffee at Ramone's down the street.  We met the owner of Stone Cold Chillin' and picked up the dry ice that I need for the cold caps.  They seem to be working so far... no hair loss yet.

At the appointment, we found out my white blood count was still a little low, but the doctor said he'd make an exception for me to have chemo tomorrow since it was on the rise, and I feel pretty good.  Yay!  Chemo #2 will be slightly shorter.  One of the drugs they give me will be a slightly lower dose and will take less time to infuse.

Thank you everyone for all the good wishes, prayers, messages and cards.  It makes this journey so much easier. <3