Michelle received her third and last dose of MEC chemo on Thursday night. If all had gone well, she would’ve been discharged on Friday afternoon and been able to go home. Unfortunately, she developed a fever a couple of days prior to being admitted into the hospital, and the fever has persisted. Because our oncologist doesn’t want her to leave until the fever is gone, it doesn’t look like Michelle will be released until Monday at the earliest.

Meanwhile, Michelle has received plenty of platelet and blood transfusions. The chemo has dropped her counts very quickly. She’s also had two visits from her herbalist who drove all the way from San Jose to Walnut Creek to see her (thanks Dr. Ta!).

Overall though, Michelle is feeling pretty good — good energy (she walks every day) and is alert most of the day unless she’s been hit with IV benadryl.