Things are still going relatively smoothly. Niamh had a nice afternoon with Emilie yesterday. Emilie was keen to do some hand and foot painting. Niamh is usually reluctant to get her hands or feet dirty but she got convinced by Emilie it would be fun. And fun it was. Before I had time to think they both had their legs painted in pink. They were very proud of themselves.
The physio had recommended feet painting for Niamh as the paintbrushes stimulate her feet to move up which is good work for her leg muscles. I have tried many times, but she wouldn't let me. Emilie tries once and now Niamh can't get enough of it.
Niamh's blood counts today had not changed much compared to Tuesday's:
Hb: 10.4.
WCC: 2.1 (slightly better).
Plats: 42.
Neutr: 1.4.
We went to the Children's Hospital late this afternoon for a platelet transfusion which she had at 6pm.
Tomorrow we will go back to the Children's Hospital after radiotherapy for a blood transfusion. Her Haemoglobin is above 10, but the Consultant, we assume, is expecting it to drop further over the next few days.
So she should be nicely topped up for the weekend and for her last week of radiotherapy. This time next week it will be all OVER!
We still don't have a date for the next MRI scan but the Consultant has said he would like to wait at least 6 weeks. This takes us around Niamh's third birthday.
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