Thursday, April 29, 2004

Kenna's Aplastic Anemia Journey - 04.29.2004

Date04/29/04 - Hospital
WBC2.9
RBC2.46
HGB7.3
PLT52
SEG1
BAND0
ANC29


April 29, 2004

This morning after I dropped Carsyn off at preschool I went over to the hospital to see if Kenna would let mom leave. She was still sleeping , so Adrienne made an escape .as the old saying goes: it's easier to get forgiveness than permission. When she finally woke up, she wasn't too pleased to see me, but we had a good time together and even got to visit the playroom to do the day's craft project.

All was going well until I moved the bed tray and the wheel caught on her IV tubing and snapped it off at the connector!!! Poor Kenna, Poor Ama!!! My consolation was that Adrienne had whispered to me that this was the day the needle was going to have to be changed, so Kenna was going to be re-stuck at some point today anyway. I just caused a new sterile needle to be inserted in her portacath right away when Momma wasn't there. The nurses moved quickly and it was all over in a flash, so we were happily absorbed in a computer game on Mom's laptop when she got back.

Carsyn had a wonderful surprise getting Momma to pick her up from school and take her on an outing for lunch with some friends. All the recent cultures, labs, chest x-rays, etc have been negative, so the thought is to stop the antibiotics tomorrow and see how she does for 48hours. Maybe they'll be home again in a few days.

Hopeful, MJ