Day +15

Today Quinn's ANC came in at 129. His Hemaglobin stayed about the same as everything else did. He did however, spike a fever later in the evening but went away quickly. This means, that we are unable to leave the room and are in isolation again. He is feeling a little stir crazy just like me.

Quinn had a few good hours today and sat up for a while and was very social. He did however, sleep until 2pm. It seemed like he was stronger today than he had been. Some little changes are a good thing. Once his social wore off he became grumpy bear to his Momma and became sassssyyyyyy! He later admitted that he was tired of being in this room and was ready to go home. We had a talk about that as well as his behavior. Things seem to be going rather well and are in hopes that we will be able to go home soon.

The engraphment rash continues but is fading the same as his fevers. Once he reaches an ANC of 500 for 3 days he will be considered full engraphed and the white cells should really begin to start munching away at those things that arent cleaned up and take over. They still have alot to learn yet but are catching on. Platelets are still a part of our life and will continue to be for several more months when his new platelets come in. Hopefully "Mother Platelet" will spit out some nice ones and release them with the "Protein" and undamaged! His own platelets did not function as they did not have the Protein covering on them which cause them to stick together to form a clot. He is still receiving units of blood as the counts go down or are necessary. It has been close to a week and his Hemaglobin is still holding strong at 7.8. Hopefully, the mucocitis in his gut is healing and will lessen the use of blood. The mucocitis in his mouth and throat seem to be clearing and from tests it appears that his abdominal area is better as well. He is not complaining about it any longer. So, that is a great thing!

Quinn discovered Chevy Chase and is in love with his movies. Luckily, he have several of them that he can watch and of course there is always Net Flix too. Just when I think we have all bases covered and shared everything with him, one will creap up. Shame on me for missing Chevy Chase!

Good night all! Hopefully, tomorrow will bring us a nice ANC for breakfast!!