Small Step Forward?

Christi woke up about 8:00 AM and has been awake ever since! We put together a horse puzzle, played Connect Four and Monopoly Jr. and now (as you can see) she's playing a keyboard I found in the playroom. She's had a banana and hot chocolate.

The resident greeted me this morning with the fact that her phosperates (Sp.?) are high and they've started two different meds to help bring those salt levels down. When I inquired more I was told that they're not that high; it's not an emergency situation but they want to get them down before it becomes serious. Since this is a new problem to me, I'll be trying to learn about it, but as it was explained to Shayne and I out in the hallway this happens when tumor cells are dying. (The nurse behind the doctor had a huge smile on her face!) Christi's eyes are hurting her today, but the left one looks better. She also said that the numbness in her jaw, mouth and cheeks is not much today. (PRAISE GOD!!!!) She's been laughing, giggle and awake - back to her old self. (Now we pray it lasts ALL day! She's so much fun - even if she wasn't thrilled that I didn't pack her piano music. I can just imagine how the nurses would laugh to pull that off of their fax machine!)

Her blood counts were okay. Platelets have really fallen - now down to 100. Hgb. 11.3 white count down to 3.1 with an ANC of 1600. Today's chemo will begin shortly.