April 21, back to Seattle

This is Sam with the latest.
Suzanne will fly back to Seattle Monday morning (April 22) to start round three of her chemo.
There was some question whether she would be going because her blood counts were still a little down as of Friday. However, they had bounced up to healthy levels by Sunday morning. So she's planning to sail out of Fairbanks if the air traffic controllers are on duty.
Suzanne was more sick this past two weeks following the second round than she was following the first. She didn't really bounce back until Thursday of the second week home, when she was able to go to work for a bit. Last time, she stopped taking the anti-nausea medications after about a week. This time she has continued to take them occasionally all the way through last night.
We were all happy to see Suzanne's sister from Denver, Lynnea, who flew from Seattle to Fairbanks with her and stayed for four days. She drove Suzanne to her appointments, cooked, shared hilarious stories and generally held the house together. And she only got lost walking in the neighborhood woods once. Cell phones are great inventions for such circumstances.
We're looking forward next to seeing Aunt Elizabeth, Suzanne's sister from London. Elizabeth will join Suzanne in Seattle for a few days before flying back to Fairbanks with her on April 29 after round three. She'll fly out of Fairbanks the morning of May 4.
Thanks also to everyone who has been helping by bringing us food and entertainment. It has been much appreciated.