Rachel’s pain was somewhat less today, but her hemoglobin and platelets were still declining so they gave her more transfusions. Her white count was up slightly. Doctor wasn’t sure whether it was a fluke or if it means it’s actually starting to recover; we’ll be able to tell tomorrow when they check again. She had another allergic reaction to the platelets, even with Benadryl and infusing at the slowest rate (over 4 hours.) They ended up not being able to finish the whole bag because there’s a 4-hour time limit on the infusion and they had to stop it because of the reaction.

Her primary oncologist was the doctor working today. He thought it wouldn’t be before the weekend before she can go home – Saturday or Sunday. Maybe later if her counts keep dropping.

Still no definite treatment plan from Boston but they have at least decided that they want to do some radiation before surgery – probably 2 weeks of it.

Today was a really rough and emotional day for Rachel. 😦