30 weeks down.

We're back home again after Greta's 14th round of chemo. When the doctors said she would need 30 weeks of chemo treatments it seemed like a lifetime. It actually in some ways went by very quickly. She did pretty well with her last round, although her last night she spiked a fever and threw up a couple times. The doctors felt this was probably due to her blood transfusion she had received a few hours earlier. The fever went away quickly and seh was back to her happy self she was able to go home Saturday night as planned.


We're now lucky enough to be home until after the new year. She'll be going in for scans and various tests over the next few weeks, but if she stays in good health and fever free, we'll be staying home for the next month. After the 1st of the year she'll begin her high dose chemo and then her stem cell transplant, which will mark the beginning of her 100 days of isolation.

The 100 days is the amount of time we'll need to be extra vigilant over her care. She'll be susceptible to infections and viruses and all sorts of things during this time. We'll have to limit visitors and Greta won't be able to go to restaurants during this time. Yes, that means no McDonald fries for her until April. But once those 100 days (or less) are over and if she is in good health, she'll get her broviac removed and she'll be able to return to all normal activity. Now that will be something to celebrate!


Thanks again for your continued support these past 30 weeks. We pray that the next 15 go as well!


Love,

The Betz Family