Jan 17th Update

It is really easy to update the blog when I am in the hospital.  Sarah's treatments are on the front of my mind and I can reflect on the day and how it went.  At home, I don't always have the luxury to have the free time at the end of the day to write up a blog post or the reminder of Sarah sleeping in a hospital bed.

We had an appointment at the clinic today to check Sarah's numbers.  Her ANC was 500 but all the other numbers were good.  That means she is on the way up, but hasn't passed the 750 threshold for starting the next dose of methotrexate.  They looked at having a Friday appointment with Saturday admit date to the hospital, but Saturday is full on the admit schedule.  I am not sure how they determine numbers for admits, but I am sure it has to do with the number of beds and who is still there.  I am sure we messed up the schedule with Sarah staying 9 days instead of 4.

Anyways, we have an appointment on Monday and are scheduled to start this last dose of methotrexate with hospital admittance on Tuesday.  I think this will be the last scheduled in patient stay that Sarah has in the hospital.  Of course, if she has a fever and the ANC is below 750, she will be admitted for a few days.

The past weekend was good.  We didn't do anything special other than stay at home.  It was good to have a break from the previous few weeks.  I am adding a couple of pictures I took of Lilly and Gus.

Gus and some of his toys

Lilly playing with her dolls

Thanks for all the love and support.  We feel it each day.