Gratefully Annie made it through to Tuesday without any emergency visits to the hospital. However her body is more than ready for a transfusion. Due to her low platelets she is sporting a leopard look these days from all her bruises and petechiae. It's not just Annie that looks like a leopard, it's also her bed. While bloody noses throughout the day get managed with pinching and tissues, at night they drift over sheets, blankets, pillows and skin. Even after six years I still haven't completely desensitized to walking into my daughter's bedroom some mornings to face something akin to the scene of a massacre. A leopard cub on leopard print sheets.
Today's blood counts are plt < 5,000, hmg 6.2, we'll get ANC and CSA later. Thus we're settled in for a full day of platelet and hemoglobin transfusions. Assuming no upsets my next report will be Monday.
I'm not sure that you need to be less sensitive to Annie's bruises. I think you owe it to yourself to be extra kind to yourself.
ReplyDeleteI love the leopard look but not the kind that Julianne reflects!
ReplyDeleteMore Prayers on the way!!