Day Fourteen

Well, Kelby has been in the hospital now for three weeks. She is doing so good today. She has been playing all morning and now she is laying down for her morning nap. She has her day and night mixed up a little. I guess she woke up at 4:00 am and was ready to play. Mike said she was saying things like: "Watch Tv's...Okay" and "Olie, Zowie...Okay". He's probably going to be pretty tired today. Kelby's ANC is 741 today. We haven't seen the doctors yet this morning, so we haven't been able to ask them about going outside and things yet. The nurse was worried about her going outside because they are doing a lot of constuction out there. That kicks up a lot of dust and ickies...so we'll have to see what the docs say. Her red blood count is going down a little, so we'll see if they give her some more red blood today. She looks great except she is still drooling quite a bit. Her face is a bit puffy too. Once those things go away she'll look like a normal girl! She has been putting a few things in her mouth, but not eating them. At least she is thinking about it. Things don't taste right to her yet. Hopefully her insides will heal fast...her taste buds must be really messed up. We are going over to Group Health for sure on Sunday. That will give us a chance to get things all figured out with them before we head home. We will have to figure out how to do the IV nutrition at home. They are able to give Kelby individual attention over there. Here at Children's she is seen as a "cancer patient", and not really as the amazing Kelby she is. I would really almost be comfortable taking her home from her because she is doing so good, but it will be nice to be over at Group Health before the transition home.