I woke up at seven o’clock to the alarm. I had a shower, got dressed and had my breakfast. I woke Alex up at seven thirty. He had a shower, got dressed and had his breakfast.
We left for the hospital before eight o’clock. We should have left earlier since the traffic is always so bad at that time. We also should have gone along Como Lake instead of trying to go on the freeway. By the time we got to the hospital it was nine o’clock. We were half an hour late but nobody said anything.
We had to wait for awhile before Alex had his blood test. Unfortunately Alex’s ANC was still the same. I can’t understand why it hasn’t come up. He gets a lot of rest, he doesn’t go to public places and he eats quite well. The only think is that his appetite has decreased. I don’t know if it is due to him being off his medication or because his counts are low.
When we saw Dr. S, she said Alex would have to have a bone marrow test. She said she thought maybe waiting a few days but because his counts haven’t changed they had better do the bone marrow test today.
It was very upsetting for me to watch him go through it. When the doctor started to screw the instrument into Alex’s back that’s when he started to cry. The doctor had frozen his back so he couldn’t feel it but it still must cause some kind of pain. I found out about a week later some of his problems concerning the bone marrow test. Alex said his back felt funny like it was a piece of ice. I asked him if it hurt anywhere. He said where the doctor was pushing in his back and down around his bum. I tried to explain that the doctor freezes his back to make it go to sleep. Alex said it can’t talk so how can it go to sleep. I couldn’t convince him about the freezing. The problem for Alex is his back feeling like ice and not knowing what the doctor is doing.
After the bone marrow test was done we came home. We stopped at McDonald’s drive through. We had lunch at home.
The doctor said Alex could go to school. So I took him over at twelve twenty. I went to the mall to buy Alex a present for being so good during the bone marrow tests. I couldn’t believe how still he kept throughout it. I bought him the turtle van and Krang.
By the time I did that it was time to get Alex. Kindergarten is only an hour this week. Mrs. Wall said I could have an interview at three o’clock today. I said that would be a good idea so I could explain what was happening right now.
Alex and I went back to school at three o’clock. Alex played in the kindergarten class while I talked to Mrs. Wall. I told Mrs. Wall that Alex had a bone marrow test this morning. She was quite surprised that Alex was not in pain or feeling sick. I explained that the doctor was going to tell me what the bone marrow test will show.
Mrs. Wall said she would tell the other parents to be careful when they bring their children to class.
We also discussed about different things in the school. I’m to buy a exercise book for class. The school also puts out a newsletter every month.
Alex and I stopped at Mom and Dad’s. Mom had bought Alex a prize for going to the hospital. Alex got a video of Golden Book stories, the gingerbread man, Goldilocks and the three bears and the three little pigs. Alex was really happy to get it.
We came home just after four o’clock. Charlie was already home from work. We ate dinner at five thirty. We didn’t do very much after dinner. Alex went to bed at eight o’clock.
I watched tv and went to bed at eleven o’clock.
Tests
WBC 213
HGB 13.6
Platelets 213
ANC 700
Medication
Bactrim 9:00 a.m. ------ 8:00 p.m.
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