Day +16

Well, I have to give credit to our friend Roseanna for guessing our counts for today. This morning Gracie's WBC count came back at 2.5 or 2500. Way to go, baby girl! Her neutrophils are at 1.9 or 1900 and she is just doing so well. She did need a transfusion of platelets and whole blood this morning since her levels wew a little low, but thats par for the course and its been several days since she's needed a transfusion anyway.

The docs are again very encouraged to see such great numbers and their goal is to get us out of the hospital as soon as possible. Today I got my TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) training so that we can keep Gracie well-nourished when we are released while we are waiting for her to get her appetite back. Our current battle is with the oral meds. So far Gracie hasn't been able to keep them down. Please pray that her tummy starts to feel better so she can handle these meds. Our alternative to the oral meds is for her to get a tube up her nose (NG Tube) and into her tummy to give meds that way. Ummm, no thank you. I wish I could make Gracie understand how much more yucky this would be... Here's hoping she takes her meds and avoids that speedbump.

Gracie also wants me to tell you all the the combover is back! Baldness is beautiful and she's proud to be mostly hairless. :) She's also still a bit puffy and has a few scratches on her nose because her pain meds make her face itch, but she is still our little cutie!