At Tillie's appointment on January 10th, she was a bit anemic, but not enough to transfuse. Emily was told to keep an eye on her, to see if Tillie got more fatigued. At the Mom's group on the 18th, Tillie didn't want to play with the kids, she just wanted to sit and snuggle. That's not a normal Tillie response. Emily checked in with Tillie's doctor and was advised to bring her to the ER. Emily did so and Tillie's counts had gone down quite a bit and needed to be transfused. This resulted in a night in the hospital.
The funny part of this story is that Tillie got some of her tornado back and the ER staff really questioned Emily..Something like "she's fatigued?" They even called Tillie's doctor and he informed them she can be very active. That's our Tornado Tillie!
Tomorrow is Emily's birthday. We are so proud of our daughter in how she has handled this whole leukemia thing! She has been a rock for Tillie.
Happy Birthday Ems! We love you!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Interim Maintenance Phase
On January 10th, Tillie started her third phase of treatment, Interim Maintenance. This is another 57 day phase. Her treatments have gone from 7 days a part to 10 days apart.
Here she is sporting one of her hats! I think she's having fun with all her hats.
Her first appointment on January 10th was a sedation appointment..Tillie HATES being sedated..because of the sedation, she needed to be there at 7:30AM. The weather was threatening snow and ice, so Emily, the kids and I checked into the Best Western near the Tacoma Dome the night before. The game room had a ping pong table and we had a lot of fun!
Working on making her a Seahawks fan....since neither of her parents are sports fans!
In our hotel room..
Ravis was having fun meeting the baby in the mirror..
