Monday at the clinic went as expected..... Grier is used to this routine AND the valet driver at the building our appointments are in-- he see us often now!!--- I asked him if he has memorized my license plate and he said almost--- Today when we drove up at 8:30-- He said-- Wow.. y'all are on a roll.... I said I know two 8:30's in a row.... but he was just talking about all the days we have seen him.... not the early time!  I told him it is hard work to get chemo...lots of appointments!  He is a really nice guy... I am glad I gave up the headache of parking in the deck...I am sure my car is too-- someone hit it a few months ago.... got to love those tight spaces....

Grier chose to have his finger pricked today instead of having his port accessed.... he would always choose that if given the choice.  After they collected the blood sample - he had a quick check up with Dr. M-- everything looks good... he likes how well he is acting after this dose of chemo... I asked him today if he was sure chemo was in those bags.... :) I was assured we are going to start seeing signs soon.... He wants us to come back on Thursday to check counts again... and then again on Monday to see him.  Grier ended up having to do another finger prick because the first sample was "clotted" according to the lab....  We finally heard that his counts were falling-- WBC 1.7 Platelets 116 and hemoglobin was 9.4--- his ANC was not back yet... We are officially on fever watch...... and we have started the shots again to help his white blood count recover- I have everything crossed that I can cross -- maybe just maybe we can possibly luck out and skip this inpatient stay-- I quietly asked if we had to "stay home" today and that was "suggested"... I was planning on going to the pool today... but obviously had not even looked at the weather!!! I also was thinking about taking them to a movie but we ended up staying home.... which turned out to be a good idea on this very rainy day.  Since it was raining I decided we needed the wii--- so with the awesome help from Brandii-- I learned that it could be fixed with a power cord.... I was pretty excited... and so was Grier when it started working again... Thanks Brandii for sending me the email and calling Game Stop!!

This week is going to be LOW key..... he may go through Target withdrawal---  but we are going to try to avoid crowded places....  I am going to give in and let him go to the baseball game Wednesday Night-- Hayes' team plays MP ( which has lots of Hayes' friends on it) and Grier has already said.... BUT MOM.. I want to see them play.... and I like BOTH teams so I don't know who I want to win it....  I am not going to make him wear a mask... but I will try to keep him away from the crowds.... and he will be wearing hand sanitizer.....

So... to sum today up--- Low Key.. and Low Counts.... (and 1 mom ready for school to start!)