Rituxan 3 out of 4

Today's treatment is going slow but good. I had a new nurse today that doesn't know my history and when he checked my platelets he said they weren't good. I was bummed but when I asked what the number was he said 133. I almost screamed from excitement. He didn't realize that was a good number for me. Actually thats a GREAT number for me.  Praise God this treatment seems to be working.  Thank you for your continued prayers. Love you all.

2/4 treatments down

The second round of Rituxan went a lot better than the first.  I had no bad reactions this time but it was still slow, 5 hours.  They ran a cbc before starting the IV and it said that my platelets went up to 50 which is great.  I'm not getting too excited though because they could just as easily drop next week.  I won't know for sure if this treatment is working until a few weeks after the treatment is completed.  But, 50 is great.  I also feel so much better than last week.  I think my body was surprised about the IV treatment but it caught on quickly.  I just get some muscle pain every so often but Tylenol helps that so it isn't so bad.  Thank you for all of your prayers.  When I'm hooked up to the IV and my arm is killing me I think about all of your prayers and how blessed I am to have the friends and family in my life that are helping me with my kids and cooking meals for us.  Thank you all so much.