January 22 - Blood Work

January 22 - Blood Work

Happy Monday!! We got to the lab after a rough morning at home. Levi did not want to get up and out of bed or get moving at all. He did turn his attitude around in the car on the way to the hospital so that was nice. We got there and his fountain was working so that made him happy.

We went over to the lab and oh my goodness! I haven't seen it that busy in a long long time. I got Levi signed in and we were at least 6 people back! This was going to be a long morning. Levi settled in for his normal pictures and phone games.

Another kiss for Boaty!

We played every game on my phone while waiting. I thought we were about to lose it when it was finally Levi's turn. We headed into the lab and said hi to P. Levi got his band-aid and then climbed up in the chair. P had the tablet all set up for him, but he asked if he could keep doing puzzles on my phone (that was the last game he had been playing!) I said sure, so he settled in for puzzles during the draw.

The draw went fairly easily. P has started using a different vein in the same arm and Levi doesn't really like it. I think it feels different and he likes to tell P "Ouch!" Then we were off to the treasure box. Levi did not want to pick. He emptied almost the whole treasure box before settling on a magic washcloth that has Paw Patrol on it. P and Levi also took a picture together! It was really sweet!

Levi went over to give P hugs and she opened her drawer and asked if he wanted a donut. She has a HUGE snack drawer! Almost as many snacks as I keep in my desk at work. Levi picked cinnamon donuts. He said Thank you, gave big hugs, and headed out!

He was swinging his donuts and dropped them, he was sad and immediately went to get them!

Levi ate the whole bag of donuts on the way to school. No way is he going to be hungry this morning, we will see if he still eats lunch at school.

Counts didn't come and didn't come. Jay was in a customer meeting all morning so I bugged other people at his work to check the fax machine but the results didn't come. Finally around 2:00 Jay called medical records and had them fax over the results since they clearly had them by now. They sent them right over, but their fax quality is awful! Counts were 199. Not a bad number, definitely slowed down on the drop, hopefully we will level out. At this point we have officially made it past the three week mark for infusions, as the earliest we would go up for an infusion now would be Friday, and it will be three weeks tomorrow. Jay was headed out the door of work to meet Levi and I for gymnastics when his boss said "Hey wait! That important fax came in!" Yup thats right, the lab finally did send us the fax at 4:15pm!! From a stat 9:00 lab!! That is CRAZY! Thanks for taking 7+ hours to get us results, not like they are important or anything!!!

Next Plan: Blood work again on Thursday!