Day 16

Today Tessa's white blood count hit 1000 and her neutraphils hit 560! This is such good news. Once her neutraphils hit 750 and hold steady for 2 days she gets to leave her room! Of course she'll be confined to the stem cell unit which is pretty small and she'll have to wear a mask, but she hasn't left this room for 27 days. She doesn't seem too terribly excited about the prospect of walking the halls (probably because of the mask factor), but it will be good to see her out and about.

Today Tessa got a visit from a couple of the men in her life: Poppie and Uncle Mattie. There was lots of coloring and crafting (it's refreshing to see so many men decorating pink crafts!). I got out for a long walk; much needed after my mini-meltdown.

Tessa got to play princess to her room full of princes. 

Tessa had a great day discomfort wise. The docs went down slightly on her dilauded dose and took her off of two of the antibiotics she's been on in response to her rising counts. Her rash is getting better, and she's feeling pretty good all things considered. She still isn't eating much because her mouth is "hot". I think this is Tessa speak for her sores are still hurting. She did manage to enjoy a See's chocolate lollipop though! Yummy!

Thank you to everyone for your support and love in the wake of my "full-disclosure" blog. Feels good to get that stuff out, but it does give me pause when I think about all the people who are reading this and witnessing our lives. Oh well, I'm grateful for the willingness of people to share in our story even if it means they get to witness all our messiness.

Love to all.