September 20 - Infusion #15

September 20 - Infusion #15

We arrived at the hospital in plenty of time, so Levi did a little wandering upstairs before we headed down. Well I should say, Levi and Cranberry did a little wandering.

We headed downstairs and got checked in. Nurse A was all ready for us so we went right in to do vitals. Levi did a super good job, and got his blood pressure on the first try ever! And he was excited for the oxygen sensor. He wanted to turn his finger red.

Turning his finger red!

Then we were off to the playroom to play until it was time to do more work.

 Soon it was time for more work, so into the jungle room we went for port access. We used the longer needle this time which is harder for Levi to push out and the extra large bandage which really sticks it to his skin. Nurse T was out today so we had a new nurse Nurse S. She was very nice and very good with Levi. We got the benedryl started and back to the play room we went, as he wasn't done doing his babies blood work when we had to leave to do more work.

About 30 minutes later the blood bank had his plasma ready and we headed back to the room to get that process started. For the first time ever they actually programmed the pump to the intervals, so instead of it dinging after 15 minutes and then another 15 minutes for them to up it, the pump would do this automatically. The huge advantage for us with this is that when it starts dinging the pump thinks something is wrong, and drops to 10mL/hr or essentially nothing. Now usually this is only for a minute or so before they come in his room, but sometimes its longer, so being able to keep it going at 75mL/hr, then 100mL/hur, and then 125mL/hr is huge!

Cranberry and Levi set and watched planes and had a snack! Since we had gotten over there early and everything was moving right along, we decided to not do lunch at the hospital. We gave Levi a snack and he was happy. We watched planes and then cars. Levi did get a little antsy near the end, and wasn't settling well. So daddy set with him. For most of the infusion he had insisted that it was his chair and he didn't want anyone to sit with him.

Levi's counts had been very high, and today was no exception. His count was 238! :) So this plasma should boost him up super high.
We did talk to Dr. V about the cold that he has had for almost three weeks now. He checked out Levi and listened to his lungs and said that all sounded and looked good, so it just needed to finish working its way out and we weren't concerned.

The infusion ended and we headed out. With a wave and a see you in 3 weeks. Everything has been so routine, so good! :)

Coloring at the diner we stopped at for lunch

After we stopped for lunch at the little diner right next to the hospital, we headed home. Levi fell asleep for part of the drive, though much less of the drive then we would have hoped for.