Not only did she break her line the first Saturday here, then she pulled on it enough for it to leak all over her stomach. It took quite a team to get that line fixed for the 2nd time.
She is officially free from the wires so hopefully there aren't anymore incidents...
Although Ava is done with round 2 of chemo, we still have to wait in the hospital for about 3+ more weeks until we get to go home. We have to wait for her ANC to drop down to 0, stay there for a while and then go back up to a level where she is healthy enough to fight of infection. This typically takes roughly 33 days from the start of chemo. This is the part that we want to be very boring...if it's boring, that means she hasn't contracted any sort of infections that could be very dangerous to her health.
Since Ava's ANC is below 500, she can't leave the room. From here on out, she has to stay in this room pretty much until we go home, she's not a huge fan of that. Her newest hobby is staring out her window watching people walk by, since most of the people up here are nurses, she pretty much has them all wrapped around her little finger...
After her 1st round of chemo, Ava's counts recovered fairly quickly in just 24 days. I'm hoping that she has a similar count recovery this time around. I can't wait for Ava, Addison, Justin and I to just hang out at home as a family for 7-10 days before she begins round 3 of chemo.
Please send lots of positive vibes/thoughts our way...the sooner we go home, the sooner we start rounds 3 and 4 of chemo and hopefully ring that bell to celebrate Ava's final round of chemo!
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