The Day Our Lives Changed Forever

At 9am Jenn received a call from our pediatrician, Dr Mike, that he had the results of Sinatra's blood test that were administered the day prior. He said "you need to take her to the hospital right way, and she is going to need to have a procedure..."



Sinatra and Mommy just before we were admitted into CHOC.



By 11am we arrived at CHOC, Children’s Hospital Orange County. After a quick admission we were brought to room 557 on the Oncology floor of the hospital.  Within 30 minutes we had multiple doctors and nurses visiting us and asking us for Sinatra’s medical history, checking her vitals, and putting in an IV line on the top of her right hand. Things were moving really fast.

Dr. Mike told us that we were going to have a bone marrow aspiration done at the hospital, but when we got there the doctors told us she wasn't stable enough to have it. She needed blood and platelets ASAP.  When we got here we met Dr. Neudorf, the attending physician. In order to stabilize Sinatra, she had to receive three blood transfusions totaling 100 mg. The transfusions started in the early evening and continued until the next morning. A fourth transfusion of platelets in the came in the morning to ensure her levels were stable for surgery. 

Based on what the Doctors had seen that day they had a hunch, and told us different possible diagnoses that may follow. The two primary possibilities were A-Plastic Anemia and Leukemia. They said things like , "If its Leukemia..." at least a half a dozen times today. We are mentally preparing for the worst. 

We are crossing our fingers that they are wrong. We will find out tomorrow.