A three-week hospital stay today turned into a 6 day hospital stay. Janna is very healthy (relatively speaking) and was able to withstand the chemo effects well. This being said, the doctors believe her blood counts (platelets, hemoglobin, white blood cells, etc.) will plummet over the next couple of days due to the collective impact of receiving numerous chemo treatments over a very short period of time. But, so long as she visits the Oncologist two to three times a week to check her blood levels, doesn't get sick over the net week or so and receives transfusions as needed, she should be able to stay home for the next while. So while we're still playing the waiting game in regards to the genetic tests being done on tumor samples to determine its severity (and whether or not she may need a bone marrow transplant) and on if the chemo will have done it's job and sent the cancer into remission, we can play the game at home.
More to come soon.
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