Good morning all! It is a beautiful day in Seattle and Oliver is doing well, he is a good little sleeper and an excellent snuggler! We went to the lab at the hospital this morning to have blood drawn for his blood counts. His platelets were good (11,000) but his hematocrit was low so we are going back in an hour to have a blood transfusion. Fortunatley for Oliver his PICC line prevents him from having to get poked during these draws and transfusions-so he doesn't even notice they are happening. He curls up blissfully in our arms and soaks up all of the attention he gets for being so dang cute! :)
Sean and I are doing well, with the exception of being a little sleep deprived. Oliver has been using the feeding tube a lot the last couple days as he seems to be uncomfortable nursing. We were warned that the chemo might cause some sores in his mouth (similar to canker sores). I wonder if this is happening because he latches on and immediately opens wide and cries. He was also getting frustrated with the pacifier. We switched to a smaller, softer silicone pacifier and he seems to like that better. Poor little guy! Last night Sean dribbled breast milk into his mouth through the syringe so he could taste it...he really seemed to like that :)
We are missing Jack and Jillian so much! It is incredibly difficult to have our family split up like this and we are all eager to be together again. Spring break is right around the corner and if everyone is healthy and Oliver's white blood count isn't too low we will bring Jack and Jillian to Seattle to visit for a couple weeks. In the mean time we enjoy our daily chats!
Well, I have just enough time to get a good cuddle in with the boy before we head back to the hospital. The blood transfusion has to go very slowly through the line, so we will probably be there several hours, but tomorrow the day is ours! No appointments until Monday morning! I do believe we will have a family nap :)
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