Day 18 - Side effects

Unfortunately, today was not a very good one for Courtney. She started off the day with really low red blood cells. Anemia - it makes you weak and tired. She didn't get blood until the end of the day. So, she should have plenty of energy in her dreams tonight. Hopefully she'll wake up feeling slightly better than this morning. However, that probably won't be the case. The crummy day ended on an even crummier note as her body decided her haircut wasn't short enough. Just when we thought she might be out of the woods with regards to chemo side effects, one more has to rear its ugly head.

"Cancer sucks." That pretty much sums it up. Sorry. I tried hard to think of another way to phrase that, but nothing seems to do it justice. Except for the outpouring of love we've received, there really aren't many good aspects of cancer. My heart goes out to everyone, young and old, who has ever had to battle it, in whatever form it comes in. It's a hard battle to fight; fortunately we don't have to fight it alone.