Steel is kicking @*&#$*

Just met with Dr. Kaufman and wanted to report the news.  Susan's white blood cell count dropped to 1.5 and her platelet level is now 56 (both extremely low) but he said that was good news!  He said that a low white blood cell count and low platelet level are both good predictors of success with IL-2.  He added that several reports say that patients tend to do better with these results.  He is very pleased with where Susan is at and that he feels she is doing "excellent".  He thought things would look much worse at this time so...things are good.  He is going to stop in tomorrow morning and reassess things and then decide if there will be a 7th course of IL-2.  New predictions are that she will be home Sunday morning...earliest.  Debbie Hepburn