Wednesday, Kayla had her off week check-up. I realized as I titled the post that it was the halfway mark for her. Wow! I wish I could say that it has flown by. . . but it has been long. She is doing awesome though.
Kayla kept asking me if we were going to take baby Sadie with us to show everyone at the clinic. I assured her that Sadie was coming. And everyone was excited to meet her. We did a little showing off and then Kayla got checked in and accessed.
We were able to meet with Dr. Hanson, so I was glad that I was able to go. Bryson was planning on taking Kayla, but had a few meetings come up during the same time, so I took her. I went over everything that has been happening with Kayla lately. . . successes and struggles with zofran, her lingering cough, doing her physical therapy exercises, her upcoming MRI (which is next Friday, the 19th) and when we would talk to him about the results of the MRI.
Dr. Hanson did mention that if her cough lingers on much longer then they might do chest x-rays just to check it out. I mentioned that Marnie had said she would try to work out Kayla getting a flu shot while she is out during the MRI. Nurse Mary said she would take care of that.
Kayla's blood counts were good this week, which is great. I am so glad that she has been able to hang on there just higher than where they need to be for chemo. Her visit next week will be the beginning of the 4th cycle of the maintenance phase. There are 8 total cycles.
I scheduled her appointment next week for Wednesday, again. I thought it would work out much better since she will have her MRI on Friday. This way, she will have Thursday to get past any nausea (and hopefully take zofran) before going in on Friday. She can't have anything to eat or drink before the MRI, so I wouldn't be able to give her zofran (she takes the pill with water until it dissolves) before getting to the hospital, getting accessed and then getting it through IV. That's a lot of time for throw-up. ;)
As for everything else, Sadie is doing fabulous, although I could use a little more sleep at night. The other kids are wearing me out. I had two cavities filled this morning at the dentist (which were under two already existing fillings. . . weird. . . ). But my mom came back for the weekend, so all is well right now! :)
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