Her blood test results today were great: 9.1, with NO change on the platelets. !!! I have no idea how one week, she can have a huge drop, and the next--nothing. Not that I'm complaining. This week.
So. She starts on Vidaza next Monday, the 18th. Five days of shots. They've given her anti-nausea drugs to take, but the big side effect to keep an eye on is the whole blood level thing. And, if she gets any sort of fever or infection, it's straight to the hospital. The whole treatment could be easy...or not. And the doctor today mentioned the possibility of some hair loss! I haven't seen anything like that in my research. But then again, I'm not a doctor. I just play one on the Internet. I will look into that some more.
Jack was BITTEN in school today--by a 4th grader! Unbelieveable!!! The school counselor called me around 10 this morning, and you know when the first words out of her mouth are, "Jack is here in the office with me, and he's okay" something bad has happened. So I started to cry even before she told me what was going on, but I had to talk as if I was a strong parent who handled news like this every day who was not crying.
This is what happened: Jack was in math class, doing his work on the white board (chalkboards apparently no longer exist in school!) when he dropped the marker. He went over to retrieve it, and when he came up, Biter Boy was erasing Jack's work! Unprovoked! So Jack pushed Fang's papers on the desk--and the little delinquent grabbed Jack's hand and bit it! Hours later, I can still see both the upper and lower teeth marks. At this point, it does not appear that Cujo will need braces. Anyway. Jack did not cry, handled the whole thing very maturely, probably much more maturely than his mother. The school counselor said they take this very seriously, and if Chomper sinks his teeth into one more kid, he'll be suspended. Guess Jack was just his appetizer.
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