Corinne had carefully timed the trip to Spain.

During the course of chemotherapy treatments, she had become weaker and weaker. It was increasingly predictable that her blood counts would drop, and she would need both Nupogen shots for her white blood cells and Procrit for the red blood cells.

The flight to Spain was three weeks after the last chemotherapy: just time enough for a full course of Nupogen and two weekly Procrit shots after low blood test results triggered these treatments. Our doctor had said he would only approve the trip if her blood counts were high enough.

Corinne was right. The blood counts were low, and the daily shots began.