Last Tuesday, we went into the clinic. Kayla got checked in, accessed, and we met with Dr. Hansen. Kayla's neutrophils were up above 2,000! And her platelets were over 400. Yay! We had a nice visit with her doctor. Kayla is still doing very well. Hmmmm....I guess I need to be better at updating my blog sooner because I can't remember too much about our visit. Next time, she will be getting Pentamidine (the antibiotic to help prevent pneumonia), which will add an extra hour on to our already long day. Also, afterwards, we will be going over to the hospital to do an EKG. Dr. Hansen is still concerned about giving Kayla Pentamidine on the same day as giving her Zofran. The reason is that both of them tend to slow down the heart. They have been given together for many years, but just recently it has come up that there can be some rare but serious side effects. So, he wants Kayla to have an EKG done right afterwards so he can make sure that everything is going okay. If it is not, then we will have to try again to get Kayla to actually take her medication orally. Oh joy. If you have not been following since the beginning, you can see here just a glimpse of some struggles we've had with that.
Kayla and I had a pretty fun day in the chemo suite. She played some music with Stephanie, which she hadn't done for quite awhile.
She also made three Christmas cards to send to soldiers. One of the nurses has a family member serving and she wanted the kids at the clinic to make cards that she'll send in a package for Christmas.
Why make only one? Kayla loves any kind of craft project, so she just kept making them (I mean "we").
Someone had taken our regular spot, so we were stuck at a little kid table all day long. That got a little uncomfortable for me, but hey, I'm not pregnant anymore, so I'm not complaining! :) Sadie was an angel and slept most of the time we were there.
That night, after we got home, I was trying to get Kayla to take Zofran (surprise, surprise) and wasn't having much luck, so I passed the job on to Bryson. He took her upstairs and came back down in like five minutes and said that she'd taken it. Guess who is in charge of Zofran now? :) I told Bryson that he could get up with Kayla at four in the morning and get her to take more. Well, for the first time in forever, she made it through the entire night without throwing up! I was very excited about that. She did throw up a couple of times in the morning, but I could not get her to take any more Zofran. So, she was a little lethargic all day, but she didn't throw up more than that couple of times.
And that about sums it up. :)
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