Sunday, June 6, 2004

Kenna's Aplastic Anemia Journey - 06.06.2004

Date06/07/04 - Clinic
WBC4.3
RBC2.86
HGB8.3
PLT175
SEG1
BAND1
Retic0
ANC86

Sunday June 6, 2004

Yesterday I had my annual “girl cousins” luncheon in San Clemete--a wonderful time--so Adrienne was on her own with Kenna getting transfusion since Chris was with Carsyn. She said it was a very long day. The day care unit was busy so there was a long wait and they didn’t get home until late. The good news is that the marker in her blood test was the highest it’s been yet. A little something seems to be happening in her bone marrow. The platelets she received were from a designated donor and just one day away from being released into the general availability. We are so grateful to all who are coming forward and to those who are encouraging them. I stayed with the girls today while Mommy and Daddy went to Mass and had a little R&R. We had a lovely walk to feed the ducks at the nearby park. Carsyn sure has a lot of energy, while Grandma has less and less. She wanted me to explain that word today.
Kenna’s tummy was upset by time we got home, so we had to clean up after her a bit. But she kept the ativan down long enough for it to work and soon was in the refrigerator singing, “Pizza, pizza where are you?”
At our weekly family dinner tonight, which seems to have been suspended for so long, we got out some old videos of my kids at the same age as these are now. What a hit with the little ones. Carsyn and Kenna look so much like Adrienne and Barbara did at that time, it’s no wonder I so often slip and call my granddaughter by her mommy’s name!
MJ