Tuesday morning, we had to leave by 8:30AM. After Nathan and Lily were on the bus, I got everything (and everyone) packed up to go. Benson went to another friend's house for the day and Kayla, Sadie and I were on our way.
We got to the clinic, got checked in, accessed and met with Marnie. When Kayla's blood counts came back, they were good enough to start a new cycle of treatment. Yay! So, we were staying for the day. It still took a little while to get her fluids started, so that always makes the day a little longer.
Kayla's next MRI was the next day. For anesthesia, they typically have a gas mask. But, Kayla does not like those. She prefers to be accessed and have the medicine go through her port. Our past few experiences with getting accessed at the hospital have taken forever. They don't do it a lot, and have to track down the right kind of needle. So, I asked Marnie, and then another nurse, if it would be possible to just stop at the clinic before her MRI, get accessed and then go over to the hospital. I thought it might be easier for everyone. The nurse said that would be totally possible and set us up an appointment to come in at 11:30AM the next day (Kayla's MRI was at 1PM). Great!
Well, our usual spot was taken in the chemo suite, so we were in the other room in one of the chairs. Kayla didn't seem to mind. I didn't mind either because there was a normal chair for me to sit in, instead of being at a kiddie table all day. Kayla brought her new movie, "Barbie and the Diamond Castle" to watch while we were there. I have to admit, I really like that movie, too. :) It has some great songs in it that are always stuck in my head.
Sadie was an angel and slept for most of the time we were there. I was able to make some calls to get dinner arranged for someone in the ward and get some fun reading in.
I tried to get some pictures of Kayla. . . she hid behind her pretzels. . .
Once Sadie was awake, Kayla was more in a mood to take a picture.
Kayla played with a fun Little People dollhouse towards the end of the day. She also painted a magnet, colored, and worked in a preschool book with me.
Kayla finally got done sometime after 4PM. By the time we drove home, picked up kids, picked up dinner from my visiting teacher, and got home, it was after 5PM. What a long day! Then I got a call from the person taking dinner to someone in our ward and her car wouldn't start. So, I went over to pick up the dinner and delivered it to a lady in the ward. She works on Sundays and hasn't been in the ward very long, so I hadn't met her. I had a really nice time visiting with her, so I was glad that I was able to help out.
By the time I got home, Bryson had to leave for a meeting, so it was a crazy night of getting all the kids in bed. Actually, I can't remember many details about that. . . I think they get blocked out once the kids are asleep. :)
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