I was actually excited for yesterday’s treatment since it would mark the half way point.  Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.  My neutrophil count (a type of white blood cell that leads the immune system response) was too low to proceed.  Normal range is 1.4 – 7.5 and mine was 0.24.  Yikes!  The frustrating part is that I feel absolutely fine!  The nurse said it can take up to two weeks for the chemo drugs to affect the white blood cells, so this is probably another side effect of the nasty round I had two weeks ago.  I’ve been advised to avoid large crowds, sick people and any other sources of contamination to ensure that I don’t become sick since my immune system is so compromised right now.  Fingers crossed that we’ll be back on track next week.