February 1, 2010

This morning as we were driving Alyssa to school I realized that I had forgotten my cell phone at the house! Oh, how did I ever live without it before? I felt lost all day without it. We were off and running to Children's after dropping Alyssa off at school. We arrived at Children's Radiology Department only to be told we had to go up to the 9th floor to be accessed. Off to the 9th floor we went. Once there, the nurse accessed Trystan's port and drew blood from it for counts. After accessed we went back down to the 1st floor only to wait almost an hour before being called back. The lady injected the nuclear dye and we were told to be back there by noon. They then took us to have Trystan's CT Scan done of her chest. She did so well. Although she was scared she layed very still and did an awesome job. We then had to go back up to the 9th floor for a doctor's appointment. Dr. Wilson had the results of the CT Scan within the hour and told us that it was clear! We were very excited!! Trystan's nurse also had the results of her blood work. Her white cells, platelets, and anc were great! The hemoglobin however has dropped yet again. It is now low enough to receive a transfusion, but the doctor and nurse want to wait until her blood work is done on Wednesday to see if by chance they begin to bounce back on their own. Tracy and I felt they should have went ahead and transfused while we were there, but decided to do as they wished and will wait. While up on the 9th floor we had Trystan deaccessed then went back down to the 1st floor because it was noon already! Trystan again did a fabulous job doing exactly as she was told and lying so very still for the bone scan. After the bone scan we were told there wasn't any reason to have an x-ray done since she just had one a couple of weeks ago and is due for another in three weeks. So we headed to the Heart Station for her EKG. They do an EKG to check for any damage the chemotherapy could have done to the heart. We weren't scheduled until 2 p.m. We arrived at 1:00 p.m. and told the lady we finished early and didn't know if we could get in any earlier. The called us back about 1:15 p.m. Trystan again did an excellent job lying completely still. She got so relaxed during the EKG that sh fell asleep! She woke up as soon as the lady finished and we were up and off on our way home. We arrived home about 3:15 p.m. We are hoping to get the results within the next few days. As soon as we receive them we will post. Thank you everyone for your prayers today!