Today hasn't been the best day. We were a half an hour late to the clinic appointment thanks to traffic going towards DC. Isabelle was lethargic and cranky ALL day. The first thing they did was do a finger stick to check her blood counts. She didn't need a blood tranfusion, but she did need another platelet transfusion today. Her white blood cells have gone up to 170 opposed to her 63.7 on the 11th which is great. With that being said, her chemo on Friday will knock the counts for everything back down. She is still considered neutropenic because it is under 500.
By the time they came in for the platelet transfusion, the numbing cream had worn off and they didn't realize that her port had not been accessed. So we had to put more on and wait. Isabelle did very well when they accessed her port. I held her arms and covered her eyes and she only cried a little bit. (she was scared, it didn't hurt) I don't think I'm going to let her see them do it because it is very upsetting. It looked like they took a sewing needle and just stuck it right into her check. (It was one of those butterfly things which they connected to tubing) From there they transfused her. They had an art therapist there for the kids, some toys, and fish, but all she wanted to do was sleep. She took probably a 5 hour nap today and just layed around. I was glad when we finally got to leave and come home.
The doctor had good news for us. The cancer hasn't spread to her brain or spine. She still has a long way to go since its going to take at least 2.5 years to treat her. Hopefully tomorrow she will have a good day and want to play around a little bit. She goes back Friday for more chemo. It took us 1.5 hours to get there this morning because of the traffic. The drive is grueling. Everything is stressful and we are all exhausted.
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