Determined

My mom complete round 2 of chemotherapy last Friday. Her only reported side effect was nausea on Saturday. This is a huge blessing compared to how she responded to round 1. After the last few weeks of yogurt, Ensure and small helpings, her appetite is returning. In fact, she ate french fries, linguine with cream sauce, and tiramisu this weekend.

I reported last week that Norma's platelet count had gone up to 178K. Well, today it was 280K. That's a far cry from 9K platelets on March 9th, the day she was diagnosed.

My mom is so determined to rebuild her body strength. She and my dad went to the indoor track at Denison University last Friday and she's been walking a 1/2 mile per day ever since. Today she timed herself because she wants a baseline to measure her improvement.

She also informed her oncologist today that she is going to beat this disease. Dr. Laufman (another strong German female) offered her hand and they shook on it.