LAST Filgrastim!

Tonight marked a major milestone in Charl's chemo treatment schedule. Before each chemo, his blood count goes way down and therefore has to inject himself with an immune system enhancer called Filgrastim. I have mentioned before how painful it is for him to take it, so finally they decided to lower his dosage to 1ml. This not only made his experience better every 3 weeks, but also morphed the pain into a mild overall stiffness that is easily manageable with Tylenol 3.
I'm always leery of this low blood count period because of the stories they (have to) tell you to warn you of what could possibly happen if a cancer patient gets an infection with no ability to physically fight it off. Once we reach the injection day, I know the artificial immune boost will keep his immunity up and give him more ability to deal with infections, common colds etc. It's like a get-out-of-jail-free card. You're automatically better off than you were before you had it.
That said, of course he could still get sick, but as tonight was his last injection, we have rounded a corner. We are on the homestretch to the LAST CHEMO.
We thank God for his continued, lasting health along the way.