We spent 10 hours at the Children's Hospital for Charlie's 3rd Clinic visit. While his ANC number (susceptibility to infection) came back at 3600 which is FANTASTIC, his hemoglobin went down another unit to 7.8 (normal is 14) so we stayed so he could receive 2 units of blood. It is pretty normal for chemo patients to get transfusions, because the therapy kills good cells along with cancer cells and the good ones need to be replaced if the body doesn't regenerate in a timely matter. In the picture above Charlie is calling room service for his lunch before the 4 hour transfusion began. We also had a quick trip to the ENT's office on the second floor so he could look at Charlie's left ear. On Monday I noticed the ear was draining and the tubes he had put in last June had come out and was hanging out in his ear canal. The ENT confirmed that his ear is indeed infected. His first infection while having Leukemia. Its scary since his immune system is compromised, but he is fighting with such strength that the doctors gave us an antibiotic ear drop, warned us of fever and sent us home. I am sure he will bounce back from the ear infection, but worse case scenario is a day or two stay inpatient and IV antibiotics.
Charlie has gotten back into the groove of potty training after a three week set back. The hospital stay, leg pain and laxatives put him back in diapers for awhile, but he's getting back to where he was... slowly. I need him to start walking more and more so I dont have to lift him up onto the potty each time, its killing my back. We have reinforcements coming on Sunday!!! Mary, Charlie's Grandmommy is heading up here from Tyler to help with the heavy lifting and to keep me sane during the long days at home with a chemo-couch-potato. :)
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