February 4th - Day -2

Almot there, 2 days to go until Ryan receives his transplant...and is on a road to recovery.

Yesterday was long he did not sleep at all, trying to entertain a 3 year old for over 12 hours is hard to do, especially when in closed corners...
Luckily for us they had the clowns here yesterday so Ryan got to see Mary Sunshine, and then they have Bingo at 1 pm....The put it on the television and televise it from the Bear room on the 4th floor every 2 weeks...So yesterday the Bingo theme was "FIRE" they had the firefighters her to do the game and we watched from our TV, if the kids in the room win they go down to get there prize....so we played 2 games and Ryan won the second one, so off we went....When he got there he was given a fire fighter hat and of course Ryan road in on Fred his IV pole and they said they would love a ride like that ...So he had his few minutes of fame on the TV yesterday..

We took some walks went down stairs , he now has to wear a mask to leave the unit....counts are low...

He starts his last dose of Chemo in about 1 hour and it runs for about 1/2 an hour through his IV, I think this one is the strongest dose he will have...they told me to expect vomitting and nausea...so we will see...so far he has been able to hold his own.

He is hooked on cheese ( at least it is something) sips of water and apple juice....
We are taking a daily bath and washing the dinos and now the pokemon..

I found a few DVD of the smurfs he was hesitant at first and now is addicited to them, we are on DVD # 4....( bring back those child hood memories)

His night was good fell asleep at 9pm and I went to bed at 11, IV did not go off that much and from 2-7 I slept solid...yeah......

He has woken up and will not really open his mouth, few words and looks ill.....eyes are very dark and he is telling us he has a head ache...very common with all the chemo....he also say his feet have a head ache...

He is calling for me now so we are off until tomorrow...

Counts are:

WBC - 1.8
RBC 83 (reason he is so tired)
PLT 34

White blood counts fight infection, so Ryan is almost depleted.
Red blood count is enery and oxygen in his blood so the lower they are the more tired he will become
Platelets are what clots your blood so the lower they are the more risk of bleeding.

Hugs to all,

Ryan, Dave and Suzie