Riley is such a trooper. She did so great yesterday. She was scheduled for another spinal tap, which was done in the clinic. They stick you in this room when you get there at 8am, and then at noon they finally start the procedure...makes for a long morning. Riley slept for some of the morning, and then she was up doing crafts and playing with play-dough. She only complained once that she was hungry, I think she is getting used to the routine. She did fantastic during the procedure, everyone was bragging on how good she does with everything. Once she was finished they brought her some crackers and juice and naturally she insisted upon feeding herself. The only problem was that she was still a little loopy from the medicines they gave her, so she was having trouble getting the cracker anywhere near her mouth...it was very humerous. Riley was then given her chemo treatment of Vincristine in her port, and we were on our way home. I actually think they may have slipped a little something extra in as well, the girl was wired the rest of they day.
Because Riley's blood counts were all in the perfect range, Dr. Dreyer upped the dosage on all her home meds. We are still working our way up from her "chemo break" when her counts continued to stay too low. Riley also started a 5-day round of steroids, that is always fun...but I will take 5 days over 21 day anytime. We do get next week off from clinic, so our bags are packed and in the car...since we always seem to make an ER trip during our week off. We go back on the 25th for blood counts, and then we have another week off before starting the dreaded next phase of treatment. We are just so ready for this part to be over with!!!!
Yesterday was also the Brenham drive-thru benefit for Riley, and we were blown away (literally and figuratively). There were so many people that volunteered their time to help make things go smoothly, we are forever gratefull to everyone. It was a huge success...and quite awesome to see so many people wait in line to get their dinner which in turn supports our little princess. It was also great to get to see so many people that I haven't seen in a very long time, even if it was a quick visit so we wouldn't hold up the line. Riley had a blast, she couldn't decide which task she liked more...selling cookies in the drive-thru line or putting pickles on the bbq sandwiches. I have some great pictures to share very soon. I am working on an online photo album which I should have up and running this week, so be looking for that link. Thank you everyone for yesterday. It was a little hard at first accepting that all of this was done for your daughter because she has cancer...but then you look at all the love and support that goes into putting one of these together and you forget about everything else. THANK YOU!!!!!!
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