Day 29, Hopefully last day of the "Induction" period

Cranky girl, on the way to Fairfax

Well the day started off nice and early. The Horaces' and the Beisels' picked up Sabrina at 6:30 a.m. and watched her for us. We left the house around 7 a.m. to make it to Isabelles 8:45 a.m. appointment at the clinic. From the moment Isabelle woke up at 6 a.m., she started asking for something to eat and drink. I knew right then and there it was going to be a long day. (She couldn't eat or drink until after her procedure) They accessed her port and checked her "levels". Her white blood count was 290, which is the highest it has been. (Normal is 2500) They said from here on out, that her counts should be going up because she is off the steroids now and the kind of chemo she is getting is different.

The doctor went over a game plan, before we went to the hospital for the procedure regarding her chemo. If her results Monday are where they should be then she will start the next phase. This means every Friday for the next 2-3 months she will have to go in for a procedure where she will have to be put under to get chemo in her spine. They will leave her port accessed with a little tube in it and we will have to give her chemo at home through a syringe on Saturday and Sunday. We will also be giving her oral chemo on those days as well.  Monday we will have to take her to the clinic to get chemo and have her port de-accessed. So a total of 4 days a week she will be getting some kind of chemo. From my understanding, these types of chemo don't have as strong of side-effects as the ones that she has been on. They will teach us about them when we go to the clinic next Friday. We will also have get the prescription while we are out there.

Her procedure went very well. She was super cranky. A combination of not sleeping well, being thirsty, and being hungry really had her in a mood. They took forever it seemed like to get her ready and they gave her the anethesia at noon. It was so sad because as she started getting loopy she started screaming, "mommy pick me up, mommy!" I hugged her and spoke to her, but you could tell that she was almost out. It was so sad. They gave her extra medicine, so that she wouldn't throw up after the procedure because she normally throws up a lot from the anesthesia. She woke up and she was cranky, but she was hungry and thirsty. She had no problem holding down the bread and water that we brought for her. They did a spinal tap, took bone marrow, and gave chemo in her spine. She has a big bandaid on her back and it doesn't look as bad as it did last time. Her platelet counts are higher now too, so thats probably why. We were able to leave the hospital around 2:30. Since we've gotten home she ate some rice and she's been laying down because she is wiped out. She is in good spirits though!

Waiting for her to wake up after her procedure.As soon as she woke up she wanted to eat. She was starving!

"No mommy, you can't go potty!!"  This is after we were discharged and we were about to leave.

Shes at 32 pounds right now, which she started at 36. She has gained some weight though because she was lower last week. (I don't remember what it was.) Hopefully everything will continue to go up and we find out Monday how many cancer cells are still in her body.