June 11th - Week 55 . . . Again

We were scheduled to go to the clinic on Wednesday last week.  Later I found out that my parents and sister were going to stop at our house on their way to Utah on Wednesday.  I was very disappointed!  Well, on Monday afternoon, the clinic called and asked if Kayla could come in on Tuesday instead and I was totally happy to do that!

So, we went on Tuesday morning.  It took a little bit of juggling to find friends houses for Benson, Lily and Nathan to go to, but it worked out.  We got to the clinic, checked in, Kayla got accessed and met with Marnie.  Everything looked great . . . except for her platelets.  They dropped to 60-something!  Another delay!  Bummer.  She has 4 more treatments and it would be nice to get them done soon!

Since we were there, they went ahead and gave her Pentamadine.  It was a week early, but if she gets her treatment this next week, then we won't have any more conflicts with Pentamadine and Aloxy (the anti-nausea med).  That would be nice.

And, on a more exciting note, the construction on the new chemo suite was finished and open!  We got to have our own little room area with a recliner chair for Kayla (she chose not to have the bed this time) and LOTS of floor space around that I could spread out a big blanket for Sadie to scoot around and play on.  It was very nice.

Kayla didn't want to be in the picture.  Anyway, it was nice not to be cramped into a tiny space.  And that was our visit!  We'll try again next week!