Treatment 3

Treatment 3 should start on Friday. Since Isabel was sick in the hospital, the antibiotics she was on may have played a part in lowering her counts.

She should be in from Friday to Tuesday. If she happens to have a late admission friday, it could take until Wednesday.

Update

Isabel was released Saturday night after a blood transfusion. She was feeling good for a few hours today, but it was short lived. They took her blood today, her numbers are not where they need to be to continue with her treatment tomorrow. Jen will find out tomorrow if they are going to take it day by day to test, or if they will wait a few days then test again. This will delay all weeks of treatment. If she happens to have her numbers high enough to start treatment on Thursday & she is released on Monday, they will wait until the following week before continuing treatment- IF her numbers are where they need to be.
After she got home Saturday night, her hair was falling out by the clumps. She to have it all buzzed off, so she did.

Update

Isabel is still at the hospital. She can't come home until she goes 24 hours with out a fever. She had to get a platelet transfusion. Hopefully that will help her get rid of the fever, so she can come home before the next treatment.

Too good to be true

As happy as we were that Isabel's treatment seemed to be an easier one this week, it was too good to be true. Jen checked her temp. and she has a fever of 102. She was admitted to Primary's earlier today. She will be in until her fever goes down, which could be 24-48 hours. Only to be admitted again on Tuesday for treatment.  If she is not well enough for her treatment, she will be checked daily until she is well enough, so that the treatment goes on as planned. This does not mean Jen will be running her down every day to be checked, she will have a home health nurse come by to check her counts & make she her body can handle another treatment.

Treatment 2 of 22

Week 2 treatment has come and gone. So far it didn't seem to make Isabel as sick as the first time. They tested her for anemia and checked her white blood cell count. Both are okay. She has started a shot to help boost the white blood cell count. If her red blood cell count gets too low (anemia) they will have to do a transfusion.  During her treatment next week (5 day treatment) they are going to watch her food intake. If it is anything like the last admission they will put her on an appetite stimulant. She hasn't been eating well, but mashed potato's have been the food she has requested most.

We have the child care and hospital stays all set up for the upcoming treatment. If you weren't asked to help, don't worry, there will be plenty of chances.

Nate & Jen would like to thank everyone. The books and shirts are very appreciated, Isabel is very happy as well! Ü

On a lighter note, if you haven't already heard, Tyler & Stephanie had their baby. He was so close to being a Christmas baby. Trey Roland Hadley was born December 26th. 8lbs 8 oz and 21 inches long. Both are doing great!

As I was going through my pictures so I could post Isabel's hair cut, I passed some of these old ones.  I got a little emotional to think that for the second time in 5 years, she is having to go through it all again. She is such an amazing girl. She is so strong and so determined.

Why not

Getting psyched!

That was just a fraction of the hair.

Knowing that she was going to loose her hair anyway- She decided to get a little crazy. She got a cute sporty new cut and then dyed it purple. Not wanting to be the only one with purple hair, Cassidy got a few purple streaks in her hair.