Sad Snail

Yesterday Valerie had her bone marrow biopsy and the rest of her tests which are never fun but they went very well. It is nice to have everything done that they need from her in order to go forward with the transplant. Soon they will be able to start on Vanessa's tests.
The Snail is sad today because last night she found out that she does indeed have to go back into the hospital for another round of consolidation chemo while the transplant tests and such are being done. Her oncologist and transplant doctors had a conference yesterday about our little Snail and agreed that there was too much time in between chemo rounds for her to wait for the transplant preparation mega chemo which should be just after Thanksgiving. So here is the new time line:
Valerie back to Scripps Mercy on the 4th of November
Vanessa will start her transplant tests on the 10th of November
Valerie will be out of Scripps on the 11th of November
Vanessa will start the Neupogen shots to build up her WBC's on the 19th of November
Vanessa will have her blood draw for the transplant on the 23rd-24th of November
Valerie will start her mega transplant chemo and transplant sometime this week but we are not sure of the details.

Please pray for pain still, her spirit and great results from all of these tests!