Feeling Better

By Monday, Sierra was feeling a bit better, though her counts were still way down. She was smiling and wanting to play, which was a nice change from her feeling so rundown and tired. She got a new game for Easter called Headbanz, it is a Disney game, where you have a character on your forehead and ask yes and no questions until you figure out who it is. She really likes and we played it several times. She also got to meet the art therapist. He is from Kenya, and comes twice a week to the oncology unit to do art projects with the kids. She had a lot of fun, though it took her two tries because she got sleepy and needed to rest part way through her project. It turned out really nice, and then she also painted another picture to give to the art therapist

Around 3pm on Monday, when Sierra got up to go potty, she started to have a nose bleed. It wouldn't stop so they ordered platelets to help lot her blood. It wasn't considered an emergency situation because she wasn't gushing blood, but she was saturating the Cotton that they shoved up her nose, and had to have it plugged for a good couple hours. Around 8pm the platelets finally arrived, they had ordered them from another hospital in the area because she has a negative blood type, and they wanted to find the best match possible.

Getting her first platelet transfusion(4-9-12)





 On Tuesday she was feeling even better than the day before. And she lost a tooth, it was her other front top tooth, and it just feel right out in her mouth. She thought that was pretty hilarious. She also thought it was funny that when I took her picture with her newly lost tooth, she got to see the card she had on her head and didn't have to guess it that round(she is such a cheater;)) She also had a red blood cell transfusion on Tuesday because her heart rate was going up and she was looking pale.

On Wednesday Her ANC was up to 748 so the doctor said if she would eat something she could go home. She hadn't eaten much for most of our stay, but she ate some french toast and applesauce. Her mouth still gives her some trouble so she will only eat very soft foods at the moment. She was so excited when they said she could go home. Her hair had started to really fall out on Tuesday, and she was starting to look a bit thin around the front. She actually pulled out a good amount a bedtime Tuesday night because she likes to twirl her hair when she is relaxing, she collected a good size hairball and wanted to keep it.

Posing with her monkey buddy, she has a bigger one that will go to school and take her place when she can't be there. A very cool idea, and something provided by the hospital.

Having a visit from Bubba and Evy on Tuesday, eating snacks and watching cartoons. The music lady came by shortly after I took this pic, and they got to play instruments and sing songs, they really had fun.