Two steps forward, one step back

After Friday's Cancer Care appointment, we got the good news that Justin no longer needed his GCSF shots at home anymore.  His counts were good.  After only three days at home, we were surprised but thrilled.  Especially Justin!  We took off for the lake and had a fabulous weekend full of beaches, boats and bonfires with great friends.  Trevor and Brennan had to come home on Sunday night because they both had to work on Monday but the twins and I stayed until Monday.  My aunt and her hubby live at Caddy Lake so we went there for the afternoon and had supper with them.  My cousin, Keith, took Ryan skiing and tubing behind the new Seadoo and took Justin for a cruise around the lake on it as well. They had a blast! We got home about 9:45 last night.  We had to go to Cancer Care again today.  Justin had a blood test and his line care done (where they flush the central line with saline and heparin to ensure that it doesn't get blocked).  The nurse came back with the results and Justin's WBC (white blood count) was really low, as were his neutrophils.  The neutrophils are the cells that are really important in fighting infections.  As it turns out, he should not have been off of his GCSF shots after all.  The doctor had thought that Justin was a week post-chemo at our last appointment, when in fact it had only been 3 days.  So, he is back on the shots....and NOT happy about it!  A mistake, but oh well!  Hopefully on Friday his counts will be back up and he can go off it again.  He has to be careful not to be around sick people for the time being and be very vigilant with hand washing. We need to get his counts up before next week so he will be able to undergo the next course of chemo.  Shouldn't be a problem with over a week to go.  Tonight is the La Salle Youth Group's head shave.  We will be there with shavers and cameras ready!