Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Counts are good
Yesterday Jessica's counts were great and they scheduled our arrival time for 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, May 17th. Her ANC was the highest I have seen it in a while at 4.9 or 4900. Total white blood cells were 6.1. Her platelets were 298. Her hematocrit was 24, so almost to transfusion point, but they just decided that if she needed a transfusion they would give it to her at PCMC, which is what they did when we arrived today. Dr. Affiy wanted her to be given the red blood cells before chemotherapy. It is now 10:30 p.m. And we have just started chemotherapy, but even though it is late, we should still be able to get off good time tomorrow morning. They have been hydrating Jessica since we got here. Her urine output and certain ph levels have to be at certain levels before they can start chemotherapy. Through the night we get her up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom. Sometimes she needs to go even more often than that. She is such a trooper! She just let's me pick her up, carry her to the toilet, set her down, and there is no complaints. Anyway, all is well. Even though she wasn't seeming super tired with her low hematocrit, after the blood transfusion the color came back into her skin. Little rosy cheeks....pretty darn cute!
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I'm glad her counts were so great and that the blood transfusion has gone well. You're a trooper too Chandra, I know it isn't easy when you have to get up every 2 hours to take her to the potty. I remember one time we were in the ER for a fever for Izzy and she was pumped with tons of fluids to keep her hydrated and we got home at about 2am so I let her sleep in our bed and an hour later our bed was soaked! I couldn't believe how much she peed. Good times!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear she was able to get the chemo started.
ReplyDeleteOh I am sad!! We were at Primary's all day monday and yesterday. I had thought about checking to see if you guys were there and now I am sad that I didnt because I could have came and said hi to you. I am glad that Jess's counts were high enough for her to get her chemo. We love you guys and think about you often. In fact this next weekend my daughter is going to cut off all her hair because she wants to donate it to locks of love. She specifically requested that it go to Jessica and I said well that probably won't happen but it will go to one of her friends. It melted my heart.
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It is always nice to see them after that much needed blood. It is amazing that they fight through the low counts and when they get the blood how much better they look. I am also SOOO glad to see her counts so high. That is awesome! I know that I have mentioned this before, but if you want to be invited to the "Utah mom's of Cancer Fighting Cuties" let me know. It is on facebook and is a group of the most amazing ladies I know. We would love to have you. If you don't have a facebook account some of the ladies just signed up and don't invite any friends they just signed up so they could get on the cancer mom page. You are one amazing family and we pray for you often!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear you guys are doing well. We too, were up at PCMC all day Monday...and even though I knew you weren't scheduled to be there until Tuesday I couldn't help but think about our sweet friends! We love you guys and your faith is incredible. I hope Jessica is doing well today! {and you too, momma!} Also, wanted to let you know that we did get together last Saturday for Dylan's Friends! Nobody showed up but I wanted to thank you for putting it on your blog and spreading the word. We are going to plan another get together this summer! Dani just contacted me through my blog and so I think as long as we have healthy kids it will work in the summer time!
ReplyDeleteOur prayers are with your family always
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cute rosy cheeks :) i loved that part of this post!
ReplyDeleteYour post made us happy Chandra! Good counts and rosy cheeks and enough hydration to go potty every two hours are the tender mercies aren't they?! You all are still in our prayers and thoughts--a friend asked just today "how is that cute little Jessica doing?" and I was happy to tell her things are looking relatively up. Much love, The Dickeys
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