May 22, 2013

Not much changed regarding SD's condition yesterday. He was extremely sleepy all day long and his counts had stayed about the same.

There was a severe thunderstorm warning on Monday, so Grandma Cleary waited until yesterday to bring Emma down so we could spend some time with her. We hadn't seen her since last Thursday, so we certainly were missing our sweet little Sunny! To our surprise, she decided that she was Daddy's girl during our outing, but was obviously very happy to see both of us again. :) She didn't get to see SD but at least she got to hear his voice from the hallway.

We took Emma out for lunch and a short excursion to the mall, and spent a bit more time with her again after dinner. We can hardly wait until we can all be together again!

Today (Wednesday), SD's neutrophil count came up from 0 to 37. Not a dramatic difference by any means, but it is an increase. The neutrophils need to be over 500 before he can go home. He endured his fifth shot of Neupogen this afternoon, so we are hoping that it will start taking effect by tomorrow. It's never taken this long to start working in the past, so we are rather surprised to still be here at the hospital. It's beginning to look like this will end up being his longest hospital stay ever! He does appear to be on the mend today, though. He's perked up a bit and has been able to eat a little more. Not much more, but there is a noticeable difference.