Another Delay!!!!

The past week has been relatively uneventful, save for Catherine's hair loss. She has been off all chemo and her energy level picked up quite a bit. But as always, or so it seems, when Catherine is feeling good, her blood is doing something else.
The doctor's office called on Friday asking us to come at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8 to start Catherine's hydration early. Apparently, the Cytoxan she was scheduled for is tough on the bladder so she has to be overly hydrated to avoid any permanent damage to her bladder. To start Day 29, Catherine's ANC has to be at least 750 and her platelets 75,000 (the same parameters needed to start Day 1). When we arrived we were given the option of just doing a finger stick first to see if she met the parameters, but I wanted to be an optimist and told them to go ahead and access her port. Sure enough, Catherine's ANC was 360 and her platelets were 76,000. We can't seem to bring this awful phase to a close. Catherine was actually upset that we were going to be leaving - we had hyped up the fun we were going to have very well I guess. We will be going back Friday to check and see if Catherine will need a platelet transfusion. Hopefully she will not and the counts will come into the range where we can start Day 29 next Monday. Please pray that they do!
Oh, during our conversation with the doctor, it came up that I am not the most paranoid and nervous parent in the office, but I fall into the Top 5. Not sure if I am happy with that honor, but how can I not worry about my child.