Never A Dull Moment

I don't know what it is about us but we never have a dull day

when it comes to Chemo at the hospital.

Just after vitals and before the vampire blood draw

we all smelled something burning and sure enough, the alarms went off

and out we had to go.

The entire adult and children's cancer (MSTI) departments

were evacuated along with the rest of the building.

Lucky for us, in the courtyard, they had these visiting little miniature ponies.

 Kean thought they were "all that" until they wouldn't let him ride one.

Then he was done.

 Other than that, there wasn't too much drama.

We finally got blood after a little dancing around.

His counts were crazy high-- maybe because he has a very runny

nose and his body is trying to fight off some bug.  But this time

around, his counts were high enough, the Docs upped his dosage

of Chemo at home.

We'll have to go back in two weeks to check his counts and

see if he can handle it.

We also met with the hospital Dietitian to talk through why

Kean is not eating well.  She figures with all the corn starch and

chocolate milk I'm getting down him and the small amount of food,

he is getting enough calories.  In fact, at weigh in he actually gained

a few ounces instead of going down.  Shocked me with as much of a battle

it has been to get Kean to eat.

Our Chemo date today was my dear friend Andrea Blodgett.

 I met her about a dozen years ago and her children are

almost the exact same age as mine.  In fact, she was pregnant

with her youngest son while I was pregnant with Kean.

We even had the same due date.

Of course, Kean didn't "follow directions" and stick to that date.

We sure have been blessed with good friends and great Chemo dates!