A month has passed since my last post.
Emma is doing great. The cast came off yesterday.
There isn't much to report about the month. Today she had both Methotrexate and Vincristine by IV and also intrathecal methotrexate. Her ANC is 1900 and she has gone to church. The little bit of hair is starting to grow.
Initially, there was so much to say. Cancer was such a shocking change to our lives and presented such a paradigm shift. Now a month has passed with not much. This is normal, now.
I have started reading David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. It contains a chapter about the pioneering oncologist who developed much of the protocol that Emma is taking. Truly fascinating and horrifying and empowering to learn.
I mentioned it to Doug, Emma's oncologist, and he recommended another book, The Emperor of all Maladies.
I couldn't emotionally take reading about cancer a few months ago; but now I am eager to get the book Doug recommends.
