Feeling Good

Lila has been doing really well! We had our weekly clinic visit and chemo on Thursday and her counts were good. They compared them with where she was at the same point during the last cycle and everything was much higher. It's also obvious from her behavior and energy that she is feeling better than last time. Her appetite is also pretty good. So far, no sign of the dreaded mouth sores!

Here we are waiting for the doctor on Thursday. 

Next week they will do a CT scan to check her progress. It's hard to believe, but we'll be six weeks into the protocol at that point. Even though a CT scan is quick, she'll have to be sedated because of her age and the fact that she wouldn't be able to keep still. We don't know what day or time it will be, but we're hoping early morning since she can't eat or drink for 8 hours before.

If the scan shows that the tumor has not changed in size much, they will do surgery to remove it the following week. The doctor said he would go ahead and schedule the surgery because if we wait it might be hard to get her in and the timing is important because of the chemo regimen  and issues with counts. If the tumor has shrunk significantly, they will postpone the surgery for another 6 weeks. The smaller the tumor, the easier the surgery and recovery.