Thursday's Update

Cora is doing ok. She seems a little drugged. She isn't fussy and seems to feel OK, but is dazed and confused and doesn't have too much energy. Today we went to the clinic for an injection of chemo. We filled out tons of paperwork, checked her blood counts, got the injections, and waited watching Little Mermaid for an hour to be sure she didn't have an allergic reaction to the drug. The good news is that this medication is one that causes many patients a rash, hives, or other skin reaction. Cora hasn't reacted as of yet. The news that isn't so exciting is that her white blood cells, hemoglobin, and platelette counts are all very very low. This is partially from the leukemia and partly because the chemo drugs are lowering them. They are particularly concerned about her platelettes. (I don't know how to spell that word.)We have to take her back to the hospital on Saturday to have her blood rechecked and at that time if it is still low she will receive a platelette transfusion. Please pray that her the counts will raise on their own. Having a low white blood cell count also means that right now is not a good time for her to go anywhere or be exposed to anyone that could possibly be sick. This is the part that makes mommy crazy. I am so worried about her catching a secondary infection that I don't want to take her anywhere or anyone to touch her. I worry that Cade may bring something home from school. Pray that I can chill out!