Day Ten

Wow! 10 whole days has passed since Brit received her news! That means she is about 1/3 of the way done at the hospital (hopefully)!
First off, we have some good news, more good news, more good news, unsure news and REALLY good news!! YAY! The REALLY good news is they tested Brit's blood again and there is 0% leukemia in her blood cells! 0%!! It is amazing that within 10 days, her amazing body has dropped the cancer in her blood from 17% to 0%! What a feat! So of course, it is no wonder that she is so tired all the time. I myself decided to not go in today like I had originally planned, due to the fact that she is so worn out and needs her rest.
The next good news is that the past 4 days, Brit has been getting the "hard" Chemo drugs, which plays a big part in how tired she is, but she is going to get a break for a few days. Which means that hopefully her body will catch up on some much needed rest and she will start feeling a bit better for the next few days.
More good news...(I must say I like all this good news and I could get used to it!) Anyways, when the Doctors tested her blood, they also tested her Chromosomes and found that they are doing really well. Basically this means that there isn't anything funky or weird going on with her so treatment will be going on fine. Also she doesn't have a certain chromosome that a lot of leukemia patients end up having so her body will react better to her treatment. Nothing weird so far to add on to all she is already putting up with. What a fighter! What a Gal!
The final good news is really not that important, but she still hasn't really lost any hair yet. Of course, that doesn't mean she won't, but as of this morning, she still had her full head of hair. When I talked to her I asked if she had lost any hair and she said, "Well I went into the bathroom and ran my fingers through my hair and 2 strands came out." haha. 2 strands! No matter what, she will always be beautiful!
Ok now onto the "unsure news". The big Kahuna we are waiting on. Just because the cancer in her blood is down, does not mean that it is gone. Especially in her bone marrow. They still don't know exactly how much cancer is in her marrow at this point. Next week they will take more of her marrow out to test it. This also is where most of her leukemia is so we just hope and pray that it is going down! Taking marrow is a very painful procedure so they don't test it quite as often as the blood. Keep up the great work Brit!
Isn't it amazing what the human body can do?
Britney is truly being blessed. Her body is working so hard and she is so lucky to have so much love and support coming her way. I asked her if there was anything she wanted me to put and she just said she wanted everyone to know that she loves everyone and their prayers and she just wants everyone to keep their spirits up. What a cutie, to think of us and that we should all keep our spirits up. Oh, Brit! We love you!
Mel(I am posting this weekend while Kenzie is out of town)
p.s to end with one more bit of good news...she said wasn't as sick today as yesterday and didn't even throw up once!