chemo week 9

Zoe's counts went up a tiny bit more - her neutrophils are at 570 now - nowhere near what they need to be, but above the neutropenic line and progress is progress. Dr. Chang said it is unusual that her counts would stay this low for this long -- especially considering that she had two weeks where she had NO carboplatin and then two subsequent weeks where she received only a half dose. So, we talked about some of the options we have to boost her neutrophil count. We will wait until next week and see what her counts are before we go forward with those options.

 

Getting "accessed" by Remi - one of the fabulous nurses.  Zoe loves watching when they do the blood draw because she thinks "the blood is such a beautiful color." (and she says this with such enthusiasm!)  She told me she wants to be a doctor AND a nurse when she gets big. 

 Zoe posing with Dr. Chang, her primary oncologist.  Dr. Chang has a little place in our hearts... He was the doctor that gave us Zoe's diagnosis and he was on rotation in the hospital the week Zoe was there - he was so patient and caring with us, always willing to answer our million questions...

 

Margy, Gretchen, Anne, and the munchkin - doing yet another art project...

This dose of chemo was actually a bit tough on Zoe. She has seemed much more nauseous and she can't stand the smell of anything. She eats her meals with one hand covering her nose and the other hand feeding herself.

(yes, this is a super healthy dinner of nachos... but the kid needs some chub on her!)