Counts went UP!!!

We had a good day at Westmead on Tuesday. After they found her blood which apparently went missing for a while down the shoot, the doctor handed me her counts on a piece of paper as we were on our way up to the main operating theatres to do the bone marrow aspiration - our BIG Day 79 test (just afew days later). Her counts had jumped up so high which was amazing and wonderful. I don't think anyone can work out just how it all works. The procedure went well. Georgie was very relaxed about the whole thing. She couldn't stop giggling at how funny her Mum looked in my over sized full length blue gown, really big shower cap and shoe covers!!!  Attractive!!  Her port was still accessed so they gave her a lovely white medicine into the port and she was asleep within seconds. All very easy. Half an hour later (and a much needed coffee) I was back up in recovery as she woke up slowly. She was alittle confused that she was awake and should of been asleep so they could do the procedure. All she wanted to do was eat once we were back in the Oncology clinic.

 

We hopefully get the results tommorrow when we go back to see the doctors and do our paperwork for admission on Sunday if there is a bed available otherwise we wait a day or two until one is available. She will be hooked up to fluids all night and then start chemo on Monday morning and have a lumbar puncture on Monday sometime. She will be receiving very high dose methotrexate as well as continuing with her nightly chemo pill we take at home. It will depend how quickly her body gets rid of the drugs as to how long we will be in hospital.

 

Cate and Georgie have had a great couple of days at school. As you watch Georgie charging around the school grounds with her little friends it is hard to believe that she has ALL and must be quite hard for the children to understand as well. One of the oncology nurses and one of the teachers with the Back on Track program from the hospital went out to school again and met with her teacher so that they can work together to make sure that we try to stay on top of the school work. The support from the various professionals at Westmead and especially to do with the oncology unit is wonderful. While she is admitted the teachers will apparently come to her room to do abit of work with her each day so it will be interesting to see how it all works. I am not sure I am up to a week in hospital but ....

 

Some of our beautiful Sydney friends are all cooking to make sure that G and I eat very well out there which is fantastic as I just seem to run out of time each day to do all that I would like to do. Charles and I went to the shops today to buy some essentials for everyone. The Seymours are certainly going to feel this winter so everyone got singlets!!! I am constantly worrying about people catching chills and then I look at Charles and he is probably over heating.

 

Off to bed as the eyes are closing ..... shall write again soon. Love to all Sxx