Clicking our heels three times FOR DAYS!!!

Sinatra's Hospital room. 

The good news is that we have finally been discharged and went home today.  After five nights in the hospital it was such a good feeling to have the doctor say we could go home.  It is amazing how stir crazy you can go when you are stuck in a less than 100 square foot hospital room for five days. We literally couldn't leave the room and during flu season we are not allowed to have visitors.  There are only so many times you can look out the window or play with the same toys or read the same books. We are amazed at how well Sinatra did during this past week.

Each day we spent at the hospital we would think that the signs were good and that we would be going home the next day but it never really worked out.  The doctors were waiting for a few things before we could leave. They wanted to make sure Sinatra had no fever, she was breathing with no issues and all of her blood levels start turning around and showing that they are rebuilding.

Sinatra's levels hit some new lows this week and it took until Wednesday night to have any of them show any sign of recovering.  Sinatra's ANC hit an all time low this week at 102 which is a very scary number. This number means that her immune system is at risk. As a guideline you want an ANC higher than 1000. 

Sinatra takes a nap with Daddy while we wait  to be sent home

For now we are scheduled to restart our chemo on Tuesday after a quick check up on Monday at the clinic.  Lets hope that we can get started and try to get a routine back in our lives. This week was a good lesson for us to realize that these weeks really throw a curve ball at our family and we have to be ready for them.  Hopefully we can find a way to continue to be productive when we have these inevitable hospital stays in the future.