This week kept getting worse for Steve as the effects of his radiation and chemotherapy accumulated. By Wednesday, he threw up three times. His weight was 256, down 48 pounds from the start. He also had routine blood work done which showed his platelets on the low side. The normal low number is 100,000 and Steve's was 86,000. It's expected to drop due to the chemotherapy, but.... now the good news, are you ready for it?..... Dr. Hu said Steve could stop the chemotherapy yesterday!! Mostly because his lab values were low but also because he's feeling poorly. And it only cuts him short by a few pills.
Whoopee!! Intensive chemotherapy is now officially over! Now, there is still maintenance chemotherapy to complete but that's another story. Tomorrow, Steve and Terry go to Dr. Hu's office and expect to receive all the details about maintenance and the follow-up MRI's. Tomorrow morning is also Steve's last day of scheduled radiation therapy so by about eleven o'clock the whole kit and caboodle will be over.
Party Time! Haha! (except Steve is too tired to party yet. We'll take a raincheck on that party and celebrate quietly for now.)
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