Well, Jon and Angelica came home on Tuesday afternoon. Basically, they let her go home because she was just sitting in the hospital waiting for her counts to come up.
We really WANTED them to come home and it seemed like her counts were headed in the right direction and so we were kinda pushing for them to let us come home….and they did!
It’s SO NICE to have them both here and for us all to be together.
It was especially nice for them to be around for Xandra’s Birthday party on Wednesday afternoon because last year……well, last year Xani’s birthday was consumed with the Leukemia diagnosis and it was not the typical celebration of a birthday that we might do. We did celebrate, but it just wasn’t the same with the family split between the hospital and the home.
We fully expected Angelica’s counts to start rising and for them to come up quite quickly.
But, as of her blood test yesterday…..ya, that’s not exactly been the case.
Well, not entirely……
All of her counts HAVE come up except for those darn neutrophils…..those infection fighting white cells….ya, those are the ones that we need to come up. Everything else is coming up nicely. While her white blood count was a 1.9….her neutrophils were too low to even count…..this is NOT GOOD!
So, please, Please, PLEASE pray that ALL of her counts would come up and that she would not get any bacterial infection.
She’s also been coughing a bit and it’s just some stupid virus, but I wonder if it’s affecting her counts in some way. Like, if the neutrophils are being used up by the virus……
So, perfect health and amazing blood test results…….that’s what we’re looking for.
Other than that, we are just hanging low….staying at home…..not really doing anything fun or exciting until her body starts producing a bit more protection for herself.
So while Summer Vacation has started…..we really need her counts to come up before we can really start any “vacation-ing”!
We are on “fever alert” taking temps and doing lots of hand washing and cleaning……it’s a bit stressful, but we just continue on trusting that it will all work out in the end.
Hello to Geli and all. So nice you were able to get home for zanies birthday and now we will join with you in prayer for all those counts to rise to a healthy level.so you can enjoy the summer holiday time. Love to you all Grandma
happy birthday Xani. i cant believe you are a teenager. WOW have a great summer. lovely dress. wish you all the very best and full of God’s blessings. I remember bein in church and heard the announcement of your birth. love Debra