Hair Loss^2 + No Chemo This Week

John shaved his head Monday night.  The kids didn't seem to mind dad with a bald head, but Thomas wondered why mom never cuts her hair.  Haha! 

Chemo was supposed to be on Monday.  We were happy to be in Provo for this one.  I usually think Salt Lake isn't so bad or so far away, but after going to Provo this week, I realized how incredibly nice that was to be that much closer to home!  So we showed up in Provo, had labs drawn, waited for lab results, and then found out that John's ANC was too low for him to receive chemo!  I don't know if John was surprised at all, but I sure was!  Last week his counts were fine!  I thought for sure his counts wouldn't still be going down that far out from chemo.  Anyway, we already had dinner lined up and a babysitter, so we took advantage of the situation and John worked and I thawed the ice out of our deep freeze. 

The nurse in Provo coordinated with Dr. Wright in SLC and they said we could choose to try again Thursday or just wait until Monday.  John said he would do whatever Dr. Wright recommended, so we are waiting until Monday the 18th to start the next week of treatment.  To try to avoid this during the next round, the doctor is adding Neulasta into the treatment plan.  (When we started treatment back up, the doctor said we might do Neulasta, but for the first round she wanted to not do it and see what John's blood did on its own.)  Neulasta is a shot to the belly that helps rebuild ANC counts.