Cycle #1 is done!

After a long afternoon at the hospital, the first cycle of chemo is done. Nick now has a prescription for Prilosec, which will hopefully help with the stomach pain he's been having off and on since the last dose. His white blood cell count was down quite a bit today-from 6.4 last time to 1.9 today. His oncologist said he likes to see the neutrophils, a component of the white count, above 500, but Nick's was under 500 today. We still went ahead with his treatment though. If his white counts continue to be this low, he'll have to begin injections between treatments to keep them up, so he doesn't get sick. His hematocrit was also a little low today, but his red blood cells and his hemoglobin were normal. His platelet count was also normal. Right now he is feeling OK, but not great. Hopefully the Prilosec will work for the stomach pain and the Zofran will work for the nausea and we'll have a good trip to Virginia for Chris and Stephanie's wedding.