Another Day Drawing to a Close

Today has drawn nearly to a close.

After an early lunch, we (the girls and I) went into clinic early this afternoon. Unfortunately, Sarah did not nap in the van on the way in, like I hoped she would.

Her counts were up today, so it was a good thing that we had not given her a shot last night. Some of her complaints of pains could be from the high White Blood Count causing bone pain. Had we given her the shot, the counts would have gone higher and could cause even more pain. Doc said that with her platelet count up right now, she could have an occasional dose of Motrin which might help better with bone pain.

Doc gave us a prescription for another laxative (Miralax), so we will see if that helps. Also, we got a prescription for Claritin to see if that will help with the sneezing fits. We actually got an over the counter equivalent in liquid form.

After clinic, we dropped off the prescriptions and then headed up to visit with Josh and his mom. On the way, we saw Madeleine's mom and chatted with her for a few minutes. We took a little walk with Josh and his mom April and on our way, we saw Warren, his brothers, his sister and Mom. It is good to check in with other families, but we never really want to see anyone in the hospital. I didn't find out until after I got home that Kennedy was in the hospital, too. Otherwise we would have stopped in to see her, too, if she was up for company. Sorry Kennedy.

The other night, Rebekah was complaining of owies and when I asked her where she pointed to her tummy. That was a new one for her, usually she will point to her mouth or her bottom. When I asked her if she wanted some tummy medicine, she was adamant that she did NOT want tummy medicine. What she did seem to want was lotion. I'm not sure why, but that is what she wanted and with a little lotion, she settled down. Go figure! A couple of times today, she has complained about owies and pointed to her tummy. And, again, lotion is what she wanted to fix the problem. If it helps, I will go for it.

As we were leaving clinic, Sarah had been in the stroller and looked like she wanted to go to sleep. Rebekah said that she wanted to go in the backpack. Usually, I put Rebekah in the stroller and Sarah in the backpack. With Sarah trying to go to sleep and Rebekah wanting into the backpack, I decided we would try that. The backpack is rated to 40 pounds and Rebekah is just less than that, so we weren't over the limit. It was quite a bit more weight on my back and hips than I'm used to, but it worked out ok. This evening, my knee hurts but my back seems to be doing ok. We'll have to see about tomorrow. Sarah never did fall asleep in the stroller, but she was out pretty quick once we got back to the van.

Rebekah is not cooperating at all with bed time. It is often taking two hours or more to actually get her to sleep. That makes it pretty rough.

Well, I feel like I've rambled on tonight. One day at a time...