Silly Monkey

Call Addison a Silly Goose and she will correct you and tell you she is a Silly Monkey! Make sure you get it right! :)

We are now going to the clinic every two weeks. It makes me a little nervous not knowing what her counts are every week but it is better on Addison not facing the needle prick weekly. We went this morning to get Addison's port flushed (our least favorite thing in the world to do). It was pretty terrible for Addy but the nurses were super quick so it didn't last too long. Addison and I made Halloween cupcakes last night to take to the nurses and to use as a comfort tool to get her through the port flush. :) Smart Mommy! Addy LOVES her some cupcakes so when she she was done being tortured she ate a cupcake and the bad moment was over just like that! Oh yea, she also had one for breakfast! :) I am such a softy.

Her counts were good. They didn't drop so that is good.
WBC 4.41 (2.96 last week)
Neutraphil 1.26 (.85)
RBC 10.7 (11.1)
Platelets 25 (23)

We are so hopeful that the rise in the WBC and neutraphil will continue to increase and not go back down anymore. The platelets will start to increase once her WBC gets to a more normal level. 6.0 is the lowest normal for her age for WBC. Her neutraphil (what fights infection) is actually just barely in normal range. 1.2 is normal. They have been here before but then the next week they drop back to 2.9 and .850 so it will be interesting to see where she is in two weeks. At least we don't have to flush the port for another 5 weeks!