Day +19

Today Rachel had a clinic appointment at 10:30. I try not to get the appointments too early in the morning since that is the worst time for Rachel with her nausea. We had another good appointment today with her platelet count at 38 and hemoglobin at 9.1. Her absolute neutrophil count was 1.2 and if it goes below 1.0 patients receive a medicine to make them grow, so they went ahead and gave her that today through her line. Now we don't have to go back to clinic until Monday! The doctors told Rachel she is doing very well and I think that reassured her that feeling tired is just normal at this time. Doctors reminded her she has just gotten out of the hospital and she will improve some every week. They did give her another medicine for nausea and a pain med. They also did a blood draw today for the DNA testing that will show engraftment. She is starting to feel hungry once in a while and the doctors are pleased about that. She is drinking 1 Ensure everyday, juices and tries to take a few bites of something ...today it was a chicken chili, about 4 tsp.
Things for prayer
Pray for engraftment
Pray about nausea
Pray about stomach pain
Pray for food to taste good
On day +17 my friend Mary Sue posted a comment about her visit with us. If you haven't read this you might want to as it will give you another perspective on "The Journey"