A Beautiful Day in the Northwest!

Today was chemo day. Darrel forgot to get his blood taken for labs yesterday so had to do that first. Then we had an appointment with Dr Feldman before the chemo.

Dr Feldman confirmed that the CA 19-9 test results were a positive sign, but that the CT scan next week is the ‘gold standard.’

Luckily, Darrel’s labs came in before the appointment was done. (Dr Feldman was running late so we didn’t get in to see him until about 1/2 hour after our time.) Darrel’s white blood count was pretty low and Dr Feldman was concerned about infection, so decided to call off the chemo for today.

It was like getting a whole day back! And what a beautiful day to get!

Courtney was at the house so he helped Darrel with a few things. Then we launched the boat to give it a trial run before the club cruise this weekend.

Things were going well and we were enjoying the calm, sunny water when I heard a loud whine coming from the engine.

(When it had been in the shop getting the fuel pump replace, the mechanic said he had heard the whine and thought it was the gimbal bearing. We just had the gimbal replaced when we put the new engine in. When Darrel got the boat home and tried it in the driveway, the whine was gone. So, he didn’t take it back to the original mechanic who had replaced the gimbal.)

So, back in the shop the boat goes. Hopefully, it will be ready for the weekend.

We aren’t sure whether to be glad his count was high so he didn’t have to have chemo, or what. But, we are taking it as a good thing since he isn’t feeling bad, laying on the couch sleeping, AND still had energy today!

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Off to Spring Training Next Week for this (fair weather Phoenix) Mariner Fan,
Robin