Chemo Postponement

Dammit! I knew it was going to happen.

It’s a bummer but I sorta planned on this happening anyway, so it’s not too upsetting. Hopefully, resting another week will increase that platelet count so I can get chemo next week.

The retest will happen next Wednesday, so that’ll be the go/no-go for final treatment. They also scheduled me for an echo on the same day I’m supposed to get the infusion.

This moves my surgery date, of course. I was able to talk to the doctor’s nurse and reschedule it for February 23rd. A whole month away…this gives us wiggle room in case chemo is rescheduled again. It was that or I would have to travel to Mayo a couple different times vs all-in-one-stay (and it was only the 15th, and again, if we had to reschedule chemo then surgery would get rescheduled). I’m fine with that. I’m still scheduled, I’ll still have the surgery. Just a little more resting is needed.

I was telling Lindsay (who, of course, has to move her flight) that at least it’s the last cycle and it didn’t happen on one of the other ones.

My directions from the nurse was no bleeding, no bruising! I’ll try…the dogs like to jump.

I had to ask the all-important question to the nurse: when can I eat sushi? The answer: 4 weeks after my last infusion. I will definitely be eating that before surgery! YES.

In other news, Liza tested positive for heartworm. The tech explained that it’s entirely possible she had it before we adopted her and it just wasn’t testing positive (it’s prevalent in the south where they found Liza, she said). It’s also possible we lagged on a dose with everything that’s been going on. The good news is that she’s being treated by our awesome vets. And thank goodness, we have pet insurance! But I feel terrible about it all. At least she’s been a very happy girl and hasn’t been showing any symptoms or signs of heartworm.

It’s always something, isn’t it?