Not much change today in Malcolm's bloodwork. Hemoglobin was 82, platelets were 63 and ANC was 203. Malcolm was active and happy. His eye appointment went well. They believe that one of his eyes is somewhat more farsighted than the other (all babies' eyes are somewhat farsighted - kids don't have 20/20 vision until they are about six years old) so he is at risk of developing misaligned eyes in his early years (if his brain decides to only use the stronger eye) but so far so good - his eyes are nice and straight.
After his appointment we went downstairs to see the trains (they have a huge model train display that runs on weekday mornings - maintained by a group of dedicated volunteers) and ran into one of Malcolm's 6Link buddies who spent most of the summer in here with Malcolm. It was great to see him looking so well...
Donovan was in for his usual Tuesday morning visit. Malcolm was in the (supervised) playroom but Donovan had to stay in Malcolm's room as he as developed a runny nose again. We played boardgames, drank chocolate milk and ate cookies. All of a sudden this fall Donovan has turned into a boardgame fanatic.
They have been doing daily CBCs on Malcolm which means a finger poke every morning but I asked today if they could reduce the frequency of CBCs and so we are down to 2/week unless it is necessary to do more. So that is one less stranger to worry about bursting into our room first thing tomorrow morning.
Mary Ellen
Good job asserting yourself on the CBCs! Any little annoyance you can reduce makes a big difference.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny about Donovan and boardgames. Callum has become obsessed with card games of all sorts and walks around shuffling like he's in Vegas.
Take care. Steph