The whole family took the trip to Burlington today. We brought Katie to Fletcher Allen for her transfusion and Josh and I left Amy and Katie at the hospital while we headed off to entertain ourselves in the greater Burlington area.
Katie's numbers were impressively low today and they definitely explain why she was feeling bad yesterday. Her hemoglobin was a mere 5.1, low normal range would be 11.5+. Her white blood cells were only .46, low normal range would be 5.5+. Her platelets were only 18, low normal range would be 156+. Katie received a hemoglobin transfusion and a platelet transfusion this afternoon and is feeling much better now that she has a little more blood in her.
Josh and I spent some time in the Square Mall with Gabe, a long time friend. We picked up a couple of new video games from the used game bin at the Game Stop and Josh is very excited about those. We even spent a little time playing games in the store before meeting up with my brother and his son, Kyler, to go to Pizza Put. Theoretically, one goes to a pizza place for pizza, but we never ate any pizza today. We spent our time playing laser tag and miniature golf there. It was loads of fun for all of us as we blasted away at each other in a maze lit with black lights. A computer tracked our performance and gave us a title at the end of each battle. Kyler earned the rank of Space Cadet. Josh graduated from Space Cadet to Lunar Private. Ryan (my brother) earned the rank of deck officer and I out blasted them all with the highest rank of Imperial Major. I wish every trip to Burlington for a transfusion could be this much fun.
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