Monday Update

Addison and I woke up bright and early this morning so we could be at the clinic on time for our 8:30 appointment. This was suppose to be an in-and-out apt to check her CBC (complete blood count) and see if she would need a platelet transfusion today. Well 2 hours later we found out her platelets were at 11,000, her red blood cells were good at 11 (they were 11.1 on Friday so that is good) and her white blood cells were even lower at 2.13. Not good on the white blood cell count, her neutrophils dropped from .11 (which is already very low) to .03. Your neutrophils help make up your white blood cells and fight infections. So now we have to be even more strict on what Addison can and can't do. Poor baby. We were told to come back at 1:30 for her platelet transfusion.

Mimi came into town today to be there with Addison and I while she received her platelets since Daddy had to work. She did pretty good. It took two tries to get the IV in and then she was ready to rock and roll. We watched a Blues Clues movie and read books. We finally got out of there at 4:00! It was a LONG day but so much better than being back in the hospital. We have to get use to it too since this will be a weekly occurrence for quite awhile. I also found out today that after she goes into remission we will still have to go to a clinic monthly for 5+ years to check her levels. This disease is definitely changing our lives in more way than one.

Keep the prayers coming and thank you everyone for thinking of us and all the help you are giving! We really appreciate it.