and repeat

This week has been pretty much a repeat of last week - minus the LP and fluid backpack.

She continues to handle the chemo with little to no side effects.  This is a huge thing for her since it allows her to have a more 'normal' life.  She's been to school every day this week except friday with a smile on her face.

We went in on Wednesday to get her chemo push and unit of blood as planned.  She takes all this in stride - it's amazing!  As soon as she was hooked up to the pump, she settled in with an apple and a movie to wait out the 3 hour timeframe.

She soon tired of just sitting and watching, so we went and go at game out of the cabinet.  It was a lot of fun watching her little mind work and get better at strategy.  She's a quick little girl!  Since Lisa had the two little ones, I was able to give Madi my undivided attention.  It's always fun to spend this time with her and forget , somewhat, the real reason we are sitting in this room.

Thursday was a quick chemo push, CBC and then on to school.  I'm so glad she likes school and will now go to her class willingly.

Numbers for the day:

WBC -  1.6

Hgb- 10.0  (up from 7.5 before transfusion)

Plts -173

ANC-1100

Friday was her last treatment for the week.  *sigh*  She was tired from the long week, and that translated into being emotional.  I was glad a friend wanted a play date and had Olivia and Sawyer at her house.  (As if Lindsay doesn't have enough to do.)  Anyway, Madi was in tears because of the upcoming de-access.  Not that she was going to miss the needle and line, but she hates having sticky things removed from her skin.  The tape that is put over the needle and access site is roughly 4"x4" and very sticky.  It took some reassuring, but Ms. Heather, her nurse for the day, was able to work with Madi and remove the tape without a fight and with minimal pain.  There are a lot of special people who work in this office!

Madi decided she was too tired and not wanting to go to school this day.  I was all for keeping her home the rest of the day so she could rest and recover.  Perfect school attendance was gone a long time ago and there is no reason to push her to go.  Soon after we got home she fell asleep while sitting on my lap.  Always good for Mom to get some cuddle time in.

We've had some concern with her having a cold and cough this week.  Along with that, she has a low grade temperature that keeps fluctuating between 99* and 100.3*.  If it gets above 100.5* and stays there we'll have to get in touch with the doctors.

The next two weeks will be quiet with only blood tests to be done.  So glad that Madi's body will get a little break and some time to recover and prepare for the next round of chemo.