Counts

We held our breath all day long for our afternoon clinic appointment. I was very nervous to see what Maggie's counts would be. In a way I was thinking about how our life could quite possibly change today if we received bad results. Maggie's white count had not ever gotten to the number it was last week, 11,000. Though she was within the normal range (6,000 to 14,000), she was higher than she had ever been since being diagnosed.

We received only half of her counts, but her white count (which is the one we were most anxious about) was at 2.5 (or 2500). This was wonderful news for us as the chemo is doing its job (and doing it well). We will take this as our last sign of evidence that Maggie is indeed doing well and is kicking cancer in the butt.

All in all, Maggie is doing wonderfully. She wants to eat almost all the time. It will be 11:00 pm and we'll be trying to get Maggie to sleep (for the last 2 hours) and she'll spot her high chair and want to eat. She is in that chair more than she is out lately. We are happy to see that and hope that it will continue. Our goal is that she will be able to maintain the weight that the TPN is giving her (she is currently weighing 23 pounds 4 oz.). We begin steroids now for 5 days, in which we will probably lose our chatting, happy baby, but hopefully after they are through, Maggie will be back to her old self.

Thank you for your prayers, especially today. We appreciate them all. And now, I am off for a walk. Enjoy the beautiful weather as we continue to do.