Day +23

What a day for good news!!!! YEAH... Quinns ANC is now 800!!! Yep, that is right. So excited that he jumped that much in one day. The doctors tell me that it will go quickly from here. Will see but know that we were given a number of 2000 to reach today. Disappointing news on some levels. But do need Quinn to go home and stay home. However, if the numbers come up and his blood pressure is under control it is POSSIBLE that we could potentially go home on Monday! Yep, that is right - Monday!

Quinn needed an infusion of platelets today. We have known that since 5am this morning. He was at 18k which is extremely low. Now it is after 8:30pm and still no platelets. They have finally arrived but not been given. At this point, he probably has absolutely no platelets in his body whatsoever. The doctors planned for lots of platelets to be on hand for Quinn in a minutes notice and were furious when they learned of this situation. Just wait until they come to visit me in the morning expecting to see a smiling face and a cup of Joe!!! Not gonna be pretty at all. From what I can tell they have had them for over 2 hours. The folks at the blood bank seemed to speed up after the last call and Quinn's name was given. The understood the need after that. We have received so many platelets from them that they should be on my christmas list!!

Eating and drinking has gone really well today! The TPN has been cut and he is on his own. All of his meds except for one have now been converted over to oral meds. Doing really well. He cant wait to get home so that he can choose what he wants to eat rather than what someone has a slim menu of. We are both tired of the food!!! I would love to have a steak with a good drink and sit down to relax!
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Quinn has been energetic today! He has walked alot and gotten out of the room quite a few times. We had breakfast in the playroom this morning together. That was fun! A nice change of scenery.

Owen and the girls came up tonight. We were both quite surprised. Sweet Little Alex wrote a paper on Glanzmanns and Bone Marrow Transplants. She didnt miss a beat and wrote it intelligently all 5 pages of it. She has certainly been paying attention to this whole process!!! Good job dollie! A special thanks to Ms. Allen!!!!!

Today only a few growing pains! Once he is off of the one medication he will not have the pains any longer. Tonight I gently patted his back and I thought he was going to come unglued. It was very painful he said in the back and shoulder blade. BAD MOMMY!!!!! I felt terrible and almost cried. The doc was sitting there and said that was the case and it probablly really did hurt him. He said the ribs and shoulders were extra sensitive because of the lungs and breathing.

Thanks 5th Grade Renner Class for sending the great pictures of Quinn the Monkey!! We so enjoyed them!

Cross your fingers everyone for a Homecoming on Monday!