Fighting Leukemia: 4/26/2011 procedure

Isabelle's procedure was at 10:30 this morning which sucked because she could not eat or drink for 8 hours prior. (Which for her she went to sleep at 8pm) I really need to get her more cds for the car trip because she only has 2 cds that she likes and it is such a long drive. (they're like Disney mix cds and she only likes a handful of the songs on there) As hungry and thirsty as she was today she was in a great mood. They were late doing the procedure and it didn't even start until 11:30. She was talking the whole time it was going on, even under the anesthesia. I guess that is just going to be the normal for her.

Her white blood count actually went up to 2700, which they weren't expecting. (which is awesome!) Her red blood cell count is still really low and they are going to do a transfusion on Friday. They are going to try to wait until then because they are "booked." They were telling me if her energy level goes down dramatically and if she starts getting headaches to let them know and they will go ahead and give her one earlier. Since we are going in everyday for the rest of the week, I'm not overly concerned about it. 20 minutes after the procedure was done, she was able to eat and drink. We left at 1, so it was a lot shorter visit than last week. They told me the reason for the longer visit last week was she got an additional chemo last week that she needed to be observed for a while. After this week we get a 2 week break where she will only have to go in Tues. to be put under for chemo. Then they will start on the 4 days a week chemo in the clinic again.

When it was time to go, Isabelle actually did not want to leave the clinic. She wanted to go and play. Instead we went to the Disney store and she picked out a doll there. She is in love with Mulan and Tangled right now. Shang, Mulan's bf, is her favorite right now. She picked him out at the Disney store and when she got home she was sad because she didn't have Shangs gf Mulan, lol. I didn't even think about getting her too, so I guess that will be another day that we get her.

Her appointment is at 3 tomorrow, 3 Thursday, 9:15 Friday and then 12 on Tuesday. The Tuesday appointment sucks because shes getting a procedure done and she will have to spend half of the day with nothing to eat. Brutal. Overall she is doing great! She threw up twice this morning, but thats really the only nausia she has had this entire week. She had so much fun during Easter and it was nice that her counts were high enough that she could actually participate in different activities.