It's Friday, so it was time for a trip to Fletcher Allen to visit with the doctor and receive some more chemotherapy. The blood tests from yesterday indicate that Katie is still holding her own and in no need of a transfusion at this time. In fact, her blood cell counts in all areas are slowly starting to climb a little. She is still neutropenic but she is also still very healthy.
The doctor gave us an extra laxative prescription to help us help her move food out as fast as it is going in. Hopefully that will make her more comfortable. At this point, she looks pretty content.
She was in good spirits for the trip today even if she wasn't high energy. She didn't get too upset at the doctors or nurses who came to visit and she took the chemo while quietly watching Dora in her hospital bed/chair.
Right now, she is resting to the point of almost sleeping with one eye partially open so she can watch a movie while lying on her fold-out Dora sofa/bed. She didn't nap that well in the car because she wanted to lie down and was a little cranky that she had to stay in her car seat, so I don't expect this half-awake state to last very long. The long trips back and forth to Burlington take a lot out of her.
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