Goodbye, Shayne

“I’m glad dad came out for three days; he’s a lot of fun,” said Christi. I couldn’t agree more! This morning he took Christi to the hospital so that I could finalize a few computer things I needed to do.

Her blood counts were as follows:
0.4 white (VERY low, no ability to fight infection)
10.6 hgb. (low)
29 platelets (low)
0 ANC (YIKES, but no surprise!)
536 LDH (Even lower than last week. Praise God!)

Having planned to stay for a transfusion (or two) it was like a special bonus to be released from the hospital! Christi and Shayne went to lunch at Chili’s and I met up with them there. Then it was on to a park on the campus of UPenn to try to fly the cheapo kite they purchased (no such luck despite many hilarious running attempts by both Christi & Shayne). All too soon it was time for Shayne to walk over to the train station to get to the airport while I pushed Christi’s stroller the opposite direction back here to the wonderful Ronald McDonald House.

When I spoke with the wonderful nurse practitioner, Pat, she told me that the next 2-3 days will be pivotal. That’s when we’ll know if her counts are going to go up or down. She reminded me of the rules of fever and asked that I call and get her right to the hospital when/if the fever begins. We pray that Christi avoids fever and that her counts go up, up and away (unlike the kite).

Today was also a sweet surprise of running into a Christi supporter. Supposedly, this is the fifth largest city in the USA, but things like that make you feel like it’s just a small little neighborhood here! Also, thanks to Kelli Green of Cinci!