Today was another clinic day! Nathan and Benson went to a friend's house and Lily wanted to come with us again. :) It was pouring rain on our drive over until we got into Boise. And it seems like the past few (or maybe several) weeks I have not been able to get out the door in time to be on time to Kayla's appointment. It's not really a big deal, but I like to be on time or early when we go. I guess there's always next week. ;)
We got to the clinic and carried our boatload of stuff in. Every week I have a giant bag full of food, baby stuff, and things to do for the day, Kayla has a bag of stuff to do, I carry Sadie and her carseat separately (she's just too heavy to carry in it! She's actually outgrown her infant seat, but I bring it just so she will take naps while we are there), today the girls each wanted to bring a blanket and we had a small bag of toys for Sadie. So, we made it in and Kayla was her usually awesome self at getting checked in and accessed. Of course, today, the nurse didn't start her fluids when she accessed Kayla because it seems to curse her counts. But, when she doesn't get her fluids started then, it is usually at least an hour later when they get started, which makes for an even longer day.
Well, we met with Marnie and the first thing she said when she walked into the room was "103, 300!" Yay! Kayla's platelets need to be 100 (or 100,000, but they just say 100 for short) for chemo and they were 103, so she barely made it! Yay! We are on our way to being done! Kayla's exam went great and we were off to the chemo suite. We tried out a new room, the "crib room." We've never used the crib bed before, but, with Sadie around, I'm thinking this might be a new favorite spot (See pictures below).
We were pleasantly surprised to see Miss Stephanie, the music therapist, today! She had a baby a few months ago and we haven't seen her back yet, so the girls had a great time playing instruments and singing silly songs with her.
They all chilled out on the bed for awhile watching a movie.
Just can't get enough of this cutie.
So, the bed is a crib and it was a nice place for Sadie to hang out, although the side was low enough that she was pulling herself up on it. . . which is a new thing for her now. . .
Besides eating lunch and watching movies, the girls had fun playing games like Sequence Jr. and Headbanz. Kayla also did some practicing reading and coloring pictures.
It was a pretty long day. . . we didn't get away until almost 4PM. It takes us about a half hour just to get out to the car. First of all, because of all the stuff we are hauling, and second, because we just have to stop and chat with everyone on our way out. We sure love everyone there.
3 more weeks of chemo to go!!
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