Even better followed by stop wait frustration

Ok, first today's news. Bridget had labs: Hemoglobin up to 10.9!!! and the elevated liver enzymes are down 500 points!!! White count is responding to the white blood cell boosting shot- 7.3. She has color to her cheeks, and fingers, and has more energy!

Port access is in- she is good to get chemo- or so we thought.

The CA center sent us "upstairs" to get chemo. We went up to 5th floor. They were puzzled as to why we were there. Some investigation- they had no orders, and we were told we were supposed to go to Outpatient clinic for the chemo. Downstairs we go.

After a 20 minute wait to get registered- (some daft woman/patient was directing other people to go ahead of us- which I quickly put the kibosh too- turns out she was not paying attention to the people behind her (us) ) , we get registered. The outpatient nurse comes flying out- she does not have us on her schedule, she does not have orders..... can we do this tommorrow?
I have no idea why CA center would send us upstairs and not tell us we aren't scheduled. I believe it may be due to communication failures and I hope not but maybe the fact that she does not have insurance.

So. Chemo is tomorrow- won't affect her recovery at all. Yes, mom, I have a call into the CA center to find out what the deal is. Everything happens for a reason- we shall see what the reason is- maybe St James will have pharmacy meltdown or something.
Anyway, its tomorrow.

Anyway, with the increased Hemoglobin and decreased liver enzymes, Bridget has not stopped smiling since seeing Dr. Hueftle. She is so happy. She is even cleared to do one day of dishes!

She has more energy, is talking about playing the Wii (something she has not talked about while sick), getting to see movies in the summer, and getting outside when it is nicer. All good things to hear!

Thanks for checking in.

Denise