Jesse’s hemoglobin was 7.3 yesterday. They decided that they would wait until today to transfuse her.
I figured that I would have this kid either needing to move into a trash can and changing her name to Oscar or hyped up like she’d been hanging with her Uncle Jim drinking coffee. I got neither.
In fact, she acts very normal. It’s currently 8:30pm and she is asleep… Last time we got blood she was up till 3 am. The other thing was that there was a lot of blood left in the bag after the 4 hours of transfusion. I hope that Fred didn’t fail us again like his cousin did with the chemo on the first night.
Jesse’s dose of sodium thiosulfate has been moved up an hour to 11:30pm. Last night she needed ativan and Benedryl to help her feel better. Today she has done well except she has not wanted anything to eat but the Lay’s Potato Chips in the Yellow Bag (the Yellow Chips as she calls them) and fried mozzarella sticks, which no one was making close by.
I don’t feel comfortable leaving her for too long when I am here alone. I know that the nurses will take great care of her, but she is my responsibility. Plus they have other children who need them… and a 2 year old with an IV pole requires a full time person.
I got her a new classic Scooby Doo today. We have watched the Ozark Witch 10 times! Oh well she’s happy and loves it.
So glad to hear Jesse didn’t get Oscar the Grouch or Java blood 🙂 And glad she is resting too! You are a good momma Soosan and I don’t blame ya one bit for wanting to stay there! Hope the sodium dose goes okay.