Niamh's platelets have still not recovered. Her platelets were down to 55 on Friday, 49 yesterday and 45 today. They usually transfuse when it goes under 50. They agreed to wait yesterday as we were hoping they would start going up today. Unfortunately they hadn't so she had a platelet transfusion this morning. It is a real shame as it is now unlikely that she will be able to start cycle 5 this week. I can't deny though that another week at home sounds great!
Learnt something new today: alcohol causes low platelet levels. So basically if you have a few too many drinks on a Saturday night, you may end up with quite low platelet levels the next morning. Luckily they come back up pretty quickly. Thought I would share this interesting fact!
We are all enjoying life at home. We had our first almost normal day yesterday. We took Niamh to see her grandparents in the morning (she has been to theirs only about 3 times since she was diagnosed) and we had friends over for dinner (first time in about 6 months). Niamh and Emilie really enjoyed having their little friends to play, Niamh particularly enjoyed the hugs and kisses at the end.
Niamh is continuing making good progress with her standing and walking. Hopefully she can make even more progress this week.
The Ng tube is now 9 days old, the new record since starting chemotherapy in November. Niamh hasn't been sick since last Saturday (8 days ago). She is now back on her normal feeds, which is great as they don't have to be changed every four hours in the night. Sleeep...
Blood counts today are:
HB - 8.9.
WCC - 2.8.
Platelets - 45.
Neutr - 1.7.
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