December 18, 2009

It's been a pretty busy and eventful day for the Watson's today! The day started with me taking Trystan for bloodwork and Tracy taking Alyssa to school. Quest had to draw labs from Trystan's arm today per doctor's orders. Her veins are so beat up from all of the arm sticks that have had to be done that they are having difficulty getting anything from her veins. It gets harder and harder every time they have to do an arm stick. She has permanent bruises on her arms that never really have a chance to heal. They were only able to get a little blood from her arm and ended up having to do a finger stick as well. After bloodwork we headed back home for an early lunch. About 1:00 p.m. she took off the bandaid on her finger. It began to bleed pretty badly. It took me almost a half an hour to get it to stop! During that time I called the clinic to tell them that we were having problems getting her finger to stop bleeding. They had to call Quest because they hadn't heard from them yet! The clinic called me back to let me know that her platelets were back down and she needed another transfusion. Trystan and I left right away to get down to the clinic. Tracy stayed home so he could get Alyssa from school. We arrived at the clinic about 2:50 p.m. They accessed her right away and started the pre-medications before she's able to receive platelets to try to avoid an allergic reaction. She has to take tylenol and zyrtek orally. They then give her benedryl, hydrocortozone, and pepsid all through the iv. After she had gotten all of that and the transfusion finally started about 4:25 p.m. All of the medications made her drowzy and she slept through the entire transfusion. The nurse monitored her vitals and I monitored her for hives. She finished the transfusion about 5:15 p.m. and I am happy to report that she didn't get a fever or hives! Praise God!!! We were on our way out the door of the clinic at about 5:45 p.m. and on our way home. We were both pretty hungry so we stopped for a bite to eat on the way home. While we were sitting in the parking lot eating Trystan decided to lose another tooth! Thankfully, she lost it after she received the platelets and not before! We were able to get it to stop bleeding. Seems to never be a dull moment! Once we got home, Trystan needed to be stuck one more time with her shots that we have to do to help boost her white cells. We have to continue the shots through the weekend and report for bloodwork again on Monday for possible admission for chemo on Wednesday.