Day +15

ok, im sorry for the pathetic lack of updates. i've never been able to keep a diary either, and that's because im way too lazy to consistently write in it. so i'm sorry, and i'll try to do better. the last 10 days have been fairly boring except for yesterday and today. but i'll go in chronological order with the help of my lab printouts.

Day +6

we got red blood cells because our hemoglobin was low. no big deal, max turned pretty red and one of his feet swelled aprox. 3 hrs. after the infusion. three nurses and the doctor looked at it and decided to give benedryl and see if it helps. it did and we went to sleep.

Day +9

our platelets were at 8 so we got an infusion today. again, no biggie. grandma and grandpa drove all the way from rochester today to visit us! i went to louisville for a mini vacation with roman. we went to the kentucky state fair for the first and hopefully the last time on saturday. we had a delicious fried snickers bar and that made the whole thing worth it.

also on saturday (Day +10) our wbc finally went to 0.00, yay!!!!! max started losing hair too.

Day +11 max continued to lose hair.

Day +13 we needed more platelets

Day +14

RICE CEREAL!!!! it was hilarious! max kept pushing it out with his tongue and getting it all over his shirt. i think he didn't like it. pictures are above.

Day +15

WE HAVE MONOCYTES!!!

WBC: .1

HGB: 8.7

PLATELET: 24

MONOCYTES: 50!!!! these are the baby wbc's that we're looking for.

ANC: .05

also, our eating has gone up to almost 30 ozs. per day!

YAY!