I feel like a broken record at times with his steroids but they really do a number on him, mentally and physically. He ate a lot this time around. I think he had 2 cans of soup at dinner the past 2 nights and was still hungry. He has complained of some back pain and definitely had stomach aches this week. He had a very rough day at school on Tuesday and the nurse called to say he was crying because he was in pain. Greg ended up picking him up early and his mood changed as soon as he got home. I think he just really feels more comfortable at home during steroid week and does not want to be at school or daycare. It's tough to have patience during the steroid week. You try everything to calm him down when he starts to get upset and sometimes it just does not work.
Yesterday was clinic day and Greg brought Colby with him. Colby has not been to clinic in a while because of the 'mask' policy, but they have now lifted it. Everything went fine and Nick's counts are VERY high. This is very typical coming off of a steroid week, his counts usually go up. We expect them to go back down next week, after he finishes his 2wks of 6MP. After clinic, the boys headed over to Dave&Busters for some play time. They all had fun and Nick was in bed early last night.
WBC: 10.4
RBC: 11.3
APC: 7,100
I posted some new pictures. They are from Oct-Dec. of 2009. You will our friends, family and the kids in them. I know they are hard to see because the box is so small and I do not know of way to make it bigger. I'll have to try and work on it. Take Care, Karen
1 comment:
Karen,
If you click on the "thumbnail" picture, it enlarges and then you can go thru all of the pictures. Much better then trying to view the small picture.
Love,
Therese
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