Day 13 of Treatments

Yesterday Sadie smiled a lot and actually enjoyed playing!  She seemed a little more like the Sadie we know.
This morning, her hemoglobin was at 6.9 so she is getting another unit of blood.  Her platelets are also pretty low, they are watching her and we expect she will be given a unit of platelets tomorrow before her procedure.

Because of the holiday, she is getting her "day of Chemo" on Wednesday instead of Thursday.  She will be put under again for the Chemo into her spinal fluid and another type of chemo into her IV.  Everytime we do this, she can't eat anything after midnight and drink anything after 4 AM.  It's so hard!  The steriods make her ravenous!  We're hoping for an early time slot, but that will be difficult since everyone is having their procedures tomorrow instead of Thursday.
Scratch that!  The oncologist fellow just came back in.  No Lumbar Puncture tomorrow!  They were confused...or just wanted to make me worry for a minute.  Either way, I'm much happier now!  (Because they did not find Leukemia cells in her initial spinal fluid check, she does not need Chemo into her Spinal fluid on day 15.)  So no procedure tomorrow!  Just the Chemo thru her IV.  That's a relief!

Sadie's team of doctors just came by.  They let us know, just for the sake of keeping us informed, that they are still seeing some Leukemia cells in her blood tests.  They have been talking to "the experts" (i.e. Dr. Dahl) and it doesn't seem to put her in the "high risk" category yet.  What's most important is that on day 28, when they do the bone marrow aspirate, that they find NO Leukemia cells. 

Please keep praying for Sadie's body to be strong in fighting and overcoming these bad cells!  I'm thankful for the doctors who keep us informed so we know what to pray for.  And I know prayer works!  At this time especially it's what I rely on and trust in the most.