Another delay

So another false start today. No chemotherapy due to white blood cell count being too low again. The goodish news is that the scans showed no new tumors, but they did show the seroma has returned and is now two. The walls encapsulating the seromas are too thick to puncture with a drain as the risk of excessive bleeding is too great. The only way to remove them is through an open procedure (a.k.a. an operation). Since her immune system is too battered and she is to be getting more chemo, I don't think it is possible at this time. So the discomfort will probably continue. The problem is that the seroma forms because there aren't enough white blood cells, which are responsible for "eating" the serum. This causes the seroma to keep returning. At least that is how it as explained to us.

Today and tomorrow she will be getting immune-boosting medications (the same ones that already did nothing) and on Wednesday they will test her again. These delays are immensely draining for all of us, and we hope there won't be another.