January 6, 2010

This morning Trystan and I dropped Alyssa off at school then headed to Maryville Quest for bloodwork. We arrived right at 9:00 a.m. and didn't get called back until almost 10:oo a.m. Of course her normal people that draw her labs weren't there and we had to use the fill-in. Normally when this happens something goes wrong. Praying that that isn't the case today. By the time we got out of there and were on our way home, Trystan wanted to eat lunch. Stopped at McD's a little before 11 a.m. to get her some lunch. We ate in the car in the parking lot, only for Trystan to get sick halfway through eating. Thinking that may have something to do with her not having bm's properly since this last chemo. A side effect of one of the drugs is constipation. We have been giving her medicine for that but it isn't working as fast as normal and she is now having abdominal pain. The clinic told us today to up the times per day to give her the medication. Hoping that gets her to go.

This afternoon the nurse from the clinic called to give us her counts. Unfortunately they weren't what we were hoping for. Platelets are borderline transfusion, hemoglobin has dropped but not low enough to transfuse, and her anc has dropped. She is still fighting stomach pains, coughing and runny/stuffy nose. With her white blood cell and anc so low now it is next to impossible for her little body to fight infection. Friday we are to report to the clinic at 9:30 a.m. and they are going to do the finger stick. If her counts are low and a transfusion is needed we will be there to get it. If her counts have begun to rebound then we just had a field trip to the clinic. Either way I think it is the best thing to do. I hope the roads aren't too bad if we get all of the snow tonight and tomorrow like they are calling for.