We still can't go home

We had a bad day today. When we arrived to the clinic, Mathias didn't feel well. His pulse was racing at 155 beats per minute and he said his tummy hurt. The nurse accessed his port and sent blood to the lab. While we were waiting for the results, Mathias threw up all over himself and all over me. He hasn't been eating...just drinking cranberry juice. So we smelled like barfy juice. I was caught off guard, because this is only the second time he's vomited in his life. First time was on grandpa, but I was the lucky winner today. After we toweled off the best we could, we got the lab results. His Hgb had dropped to 7 again, so he needed another blood transfusion.....and his platelets dropped to 11, so he needed his first platelet transfusion. The number they transfuse at is usually 10, but since Mathias had been bruising so easily, his gums were bleeding for no reason, and he was developing petechiae, they decided to transfuse him. The good news we received from his lab results was that his white count had gone up and his ANC was 400.

We are now back at the Ronald McDonald House and Mathias told me he feels a lot better. He still isn't eating anything for me, but I'm hoping he'll start. I just gave him some more cranberry juice, so hopefully that doesn't end up all over me again! We go back into the clinic for labs on Monday and hopefully by that time, Mathias' marrow will be making his own cells and he can hold his own. If that happens, then we will be on the first plane available.