Day 30, I think

So, we're starting day 30 of our hospital stay. Day 27 of chemo. That's crazy. We are now the "easy room" on the floor, with medications decreasing (just chemo now, no more methadone, atavan, or morphine), and no infections. While we are so thankful for things to be stable and quiet, it also makes our days a lot longer, without the constant bustle of of doctors and nurses and various other people. The walls are starting to close in on us and we are so, so ready to go home.

So, not much going on here. We are simply waiting for counts to start climbing, hopefully in the next few days. When the #s get to a certain point, the doctors will send us home. We'll be on lock down there as the #s continue to (hopefully) rise and when they reach a satisfactory level, we'll be readmitted and start the next phase of chemo called Induction Intensification. Also, when they reach a certain #, they will do another bone marrow biopsy (aspirate?), which will show whether Watts is in remission or not.
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Sleep is hard to come by these days thanks to the steroids. Whoever has the hospital shift gets VERY little sleep. As in, last night I slept about 3 hours.

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Watts is eating up a storm (thanks to the steroids) and, in the last 48 hours started taking a bottle and STARTING BREASTFEEDING again! Wohoo!

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