I woke up at nine o’clock. Alex was just getting out of bed when I went to check on him. Alex watched TV while I had a shower. After I got dressed I got Alex his breakfast.
My back sure is sore it’s hard to bend over. I don’t know what’s wrong with it.
I changed the sheets on our bed and did my laundry. I gave Alex a shower, he got himself dried and dressed.
We had an early lunch since we had to go to the hospital this afternoon. After lunch I got ready and we left just after twelve o’clock.
Once we were at the hospital we had to wait half an hour before anyone did anything. Krisann came to weigh Alex. She just came back from maternity leave, she had boy. She now has two boys, Adam who’s three years old and Evian who’s four months old. Krisann said she was going to send Alex’s Vincristine off, since Alex has been okay. I explained that Alex had been in the hospital a couple of weeks ago. Krisann said Alex should probably have a blood test first. She checked with Mary and said it would be a few minutes.
When Mary called us Alex sat in the chair by himself. He sat still while Mary gave him a finger poke. I was very proud of him, I told him he’s getting to be a big boy.
We went to the cafeteria to get a drink then we had to wait once we were in the clinic for Dr. S. we saw her at two thirty. Dr. S checked Alex and gave us Alex’s prescription. Alex stayed in the clinic while I went to the pharmacy. I waited while they filled the prescription, they said it would be only fifteen minutes. I read my book and the prescription was actually ready in fifteen minutes!
When I came back to the clinic Alex was having his Vincristine put in. Margaret was giving Alex his Vincristine, she said they were having trouble. Margaret also said that they had tried in the one arm but it didn’t work. I sat down with Alex while Margaret tried in the other arm and Heather held his hand. Margaret was able to get it into the other hand.
We saw Sheila today she came into the clinic while we were there. She said Alex had really changed and he had grown. I told her Alex had been in the hospital a couple of months ago. Shelia said nobody told me. I told her why Alex had been in the hospital and asked her if it took longer for someone with Leukemia to get better when they got sick. Sheila said it takes a person with Leukemia a lot longer to get better because when they had Chemotherapy it brings their counts down and it makes it harder for them to get better. I told Sheila that Alex’s HGB stayed normal all the time, the rest of his counts went down which I thought was good but I wondered why. Sheila said they usually all go down and that the WBC, ANC, and Platelets are usually the ones to go down first.
We left after Alex said good bye to all the nurses.
After we left the hospital we went to McDonald’s to get dinner for Alex and then to the mall to buy him a prize. Alex decided that he wanted a transformers, then we came home.
When we got home Charlie wasn’t home yet. Alex opened the transformer package and I showed him how it transformed.
I phoned Mom since she left a message on the machine. She sure sounded out of sorts. She didn’t talk long and wasn’t interested in what we had been doing. I heated up Alex’s dinner and heated up leftovers for myself.
Charlie came home at six o’clock. Alex and I watched “Popeye” the movie on TV.
I got Alex ready for bed at seven thirty. Charlie read him a story and I put him into bed, Alex took his transformer to bed with him.
I had a bath which seemed to help my back. I did the dishes and tided up the house. Then I watched tv and went to bed.
Tests
WBC 2.6
HGB 13.0
Platelets 390
ANC 1456
Medication
Bactrim 10:00 a.m. ------ 5:15 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ------ ----- 5:15 p.m.
Methotrexiate ------ ------ 5:15 p.m.
Prednisone ------- ----- 5:15 p.m.
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