Happy Halloween!!

Our little ballerina had quite a full day today. We had our first doctor's visit, and despite a few set-backs it went rather well. Riley's platelet count was low again, so she needed to have a transfusion. The type she needed was not in house, so it was going to take some time to receive it. This wouldn't normally be a big deal, but Riley was not able to have anything to eat or drink because she was also scheduled to have her bone marrow aspiration and spinal tap. Thankfully she slept most of the day, but when she wasn't all she would talk about were the cookies she knew were waiting for her in my purse. Did I mention it is also Halloween, and EVERYBODY was handing out candy. What torture, having chocolate shoved in your face and not being able to eat it because your daughter isn't able to eat it. I did survive, however, in case you were worried.

Anyway, back to Riley. She did great with her procedure, and she was finally able to have her cookies. We stopped at Luby's on our way home, because by this time it was 4:00 and none of us had eaten. I think Riley ate more in this one meal, than she has eaten her whole life. We get to the table, and she starts screaming because the lady wouldn't give her the plate fast enough. She ate spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, and some fish. Whatever the girl could get her hands on, she was shoveling it in her mouth. We had starved our poor baby.

We did however get to end our day with some good news. The doctor called me back as we were getting ready to go trick-or-treat (even though Riley could barely keep her eyes open she insisted on going), and said Riley had no Leukemia cells present in her bone marrow. We couldn't be happier!! We will still go every week to receive the chemo, and then in 3 weeks they will do another bone marrow aspiration and spinal tap. Hopefully nothing will have changed.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!!