September 21 - Blood Work

September 21 - Blood Work

We were running a little late this morning because Levi poked his head in our room this morning and said "I'm peaking mommy..." and who can stop that, so in he comes and climbs in bed for cuddles, tickles, and giggles!! Once we got to the hospital and pulled into the parking garage Levi suddenly got very upset. I wasn't sure what was up until he looks at me and says "Mommy we are running late. P wont be here! She will have gone home!" and he almost started crying. It was so cute and sad. I gave him a hug and told him that we weren't running that late and that P would definitely still be there. He perked up then some.

Once we got inside he wanted to go see his fountain. And was very excited about it. He likes looking up high to see where the water is coming down from!

 The blood draw went great! Levi even helped take the green tube off and push the purple tube on. He was pretty excited about that! He is getting so big and getting so helpful! After the draw was done he headed to the treasure box and picked out a paddle ball game with a light up ball. He thinks its the coolest thing ever!

It was donut day and Levi was very happy to see that "The Donut Lady" was back today! He asked nicely and was happy that there were sprinkle donuts. She gave him three pennies to throw in the fountain and made his day! As soon as we got to the car Levi was excited to have his donut!

 He ate his whole donut!!!! Now that he eats the whole thing (and not just the jimmies!) he needs to work on getting all of the frosting in his mouth and not on his face. This is what it looked like once we got to school. He realized that he had a lot of chocolate on his face about five minutes from school so he started picking up his leg and rubbing his face on his knee and then licking his knee. It was cute! And I am very glad that last night was bath night!

Counts came in 25 minutes post us leaving the lab!! Maybe all that time I spent at the hospital last week dealing with results was worth it. We will see how the next few weeks go.

Counts today were 160. Not a bad number. This is where the stress for me comes in as we are now low enough that in the past we would have been heading up for an infusion. We will see what the future brings. Not sure if we will continue to fall or if we will level out, but the next few weeks will let us know.

Next plans: Now that we are under 200 we will be doing blood work twice a week. So next blood work is Monday 9/25.