Geli and Jon went into BC Children’s Hospital today for some chemotherapy.
We dosed her up on some heavy duty anti-nausea meds before she left and she seems to be responding well this afternoon/evening. Not feeling sick or icky, just a little loopy, but we’ll take loopy over barfy, anyday.
We took Angelica into the BC Biomedical Labs yesterday so that we would know what her blood counts were, as her chemo is count dependent. Basically, her counts have to be at a certain level in order for her to continue on with the chemotherapy this round. If they are too low, we must wait for them to come up. If they are low, but not scary low, then they continue on but give her the same dose as the last time and if they are all still amazing, then they continue on increasing the chemo as long as she tolerates it.
We went to Granville Island yesterday and it was such a nice time out. We left shortly after getting Geli’s blood draw and managed to make it there just in time for lunch. We had packed a lunch and had planned on having a picnic, but once we got there it was too cold for us baldies to stay outside and so we found a table inside and ate our lunch there.
After that we wandered around a bit and around 2pm we got the blood work results. Her counts were ok, but her platelets were low and that is something that we had wondered about as she didn’t stop bleeding after she got her blood draw in the morning. She soaked through the bandaid that they had given her and needed a kleenex in the van on the way home. We finally got that under control, but that incident had made us wonder about her platelets and yes….they were low, but not low enough to need a transfusion.
We talked with our nurse, Suzanne and weren’t sure what was planned as far as her moving forward, but we finally got the news that she would be continuing on with the chemo, but that they would give her the same dose as last time.
And so this morning, she got chemo into her spinal fluid via a lumbar puncture as well as two other chemo drugs intravenously through her port.
She’s done well and we are hoping that she continues to do well.
If you are willing to pray for her, please pray:
– that she gets no mouth sores
– that she gets no headaches (this was the worst side effect of the last dose, a week of headaches)
– that she feels well and not sick to her tummy (barfing sucks)
– that she is able to sleep well (she has had quite a bit of trouble with her sleep)
– that she will be able to enjoy the next week leading up to her birthday
– that she will be well and healthy for her birthday party, next Friday
– that her girlfriends will be well and healthy for her birthday party
– that our family is healthy and strong
– that we get some rest (the two little boys have been struggling with sleep)
– that we feel able to manage all that is required of us
Oh, and as a child fighting a life threatening illness, Angelica gets to “Make a Wish”. She is thinking about what she would like for her wish. We would love for her wish to be an amazing one that really blesses her so if you were interested in praying for favor for her, that would be awesome.
Thank you for giving us a prayer list,I have written it out and it will be in my Bible and I will for sure remember the requests. As for your “Make a Wish” I thought of the scripture that says “ask largely”that your joy may be full. will pray that something special will be placed in your heart by the Lord . We love you all and miss you. Love Grandpa and Grandma
So glad that she is choosing to “Make a Wish”….I volunteer with MAW here in Billings and it’s such an amazing experience for me as a volunteer but more importantly for the wish child and the family….I’ll be curious to see what Geli chooses. She deserves something so special. We continue to pray for ALL of you…trusting that EVERYONE will be strong and healthy for a really fun birthday party. Much love from Montana…