January 29, 2010

The Watson's have had a pretty eventfilled day! This morning I drove Alyssa into school, then I headed back home to pick up Trystan and Tracy. The three of us then headed to Maryville for Trystan's Friday bloodwork. Once finished there we went to Edwardsville to take Tracy to have his wisdom tooth pulled. Trystan and I dropped him off and then went for something to eat. We then went back and sat in the car and watched a movie while waiting for Tracy to finish with the oral surgeon. Once Tracy was finished we were headed home. We made it from Edwardsville to Pierron when the clinic called with Trystan's counts. All seemed to be trying to climb except for her platelets. They of course had fallen low enough to need a transfusion. So I till had to take Tracy home to drop him off and leave him while he was in a lot of pain. Then turn around and drive all the way to St. Louis for Trystan to receive a platelet transfusion. I premedicated her with benedryl and zyrtek so once we got there she only needed to receive the hydrocortozone, pepcid and tylenol before getting the platelets. Thankfully Trystan again didn't react to the platelets. While we were driving down to Children's I had to find someone to go and pick up Alyssa from the school at 5:00. My sister was able to take care of that for us. Thank goodness! We finally made it home from the hospital at almost 6 p.m. Trystan slept all the way home from all of the benedryl but once home she was up and ready to eat. She ate a really lunch and dinner today. We are so happy that her appetite is returning! Praying that Trystan's counts rise and Tracy's mouth pain subsides.