We are all totally exhausted. We just can't believe that our child would get Cancer. He's only three years old and I still think of him as my baby.
Charlie had phoned Mom and Dad last night. He also phoned Shirley and asked her to come and keep me company whenever she was free. Shirley phoned me back around six o'clock in the morning, wondering how I was. She said she had the day off and would be there as soon as possible.
Shirley arrived around seven o'clock. We talked about Alex, I had a lot of trouble keeping myself in control. She was a great strength to me and helped me be strong for Alex.
Dad phoned around nine and asked how I was and I broke down. They came not long after, it sure was good having them there.
We waited until about two o'clock before we were told that there was a bed at Children's Hospital. Not long after Alex and I rode in the ambulance.
The paramedics took us upstairs to the Cancer ward. It was rather shocking to see all the sick children, most of them have no hair. When you've had such a healthy child and he becomes sick so suddenly you go into shock.
The nurse Rhonda was really good, she got Alex settled in really nicely. She said she would wait until he got use to his surroundings before she would attempt to do anything.
Dr L came and talked to us. He wanted to get the family history.
Mom, Dad and Shirley came just when we arrived at the hospital.
Dr R came and checked Alex. He said Alex would have a bone marrow and a spinal tap tomorrow.
Shirley left and said she would come back later tonight.
The nurse came and checked his I.V. she was surprised at where the nurse at the other hospital had put it.
There was no way I could go home. Charlie wanted to stay with Alex but we asked Alex and he said he wanted me, so I stayed with him.
Shirley came back around ten o'clock and stayed with me. Charlie went into the parents lounge.
Charlie and Shirley went home around eleven o'clock.
The nurse brought me a sofa chair to sleep on. Alex's bed is in a four bed ward, his bed was right beside the washroom. I feel like we have no privacy. When I pull the curtain, Alex's bed has some privacy but the sofa bed was almost on the floor so it didn't give me much privacy.
Alex's test results were White blood count 10.6, Hemoglobin 7.1, Platelets 14,000, Absolute Neutrophils Count 901 and Blasts (amount of cancer cells) 5512
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