Monday, November 12, 2012

...And It's Gone

Casey & Kait

After the pixie cut of last week the hair started falling fast, so today we borrowed the hair clippers from Child Life and off it went!  Casey was the barber and we still think she's a cutie patootie!  Love you Kaity-lyn.

Medical update:
Kaitlyn's response to the treatments has been textbook.  She is often very tired right now and she has no appetite, but that's to be expected with her counts so low.  As of this morning's lab report the ANC (absolute neutrophil count) has gone from 0.0 to 0.1.  Neutrophils are the white blood cells that fight infection and keep us healthy.  Although 0.1 may not sound like much it was happy news here because this means that after chemo had killed off everything that her body is starting to produce neutrophils again.  When it gets up around .5 she'll be able to leave her room and when it gets to 1+ she may get a few days out of the hospital!!  Woohoo!  The doctors are very pleased with her progress so far.

9 comments:

  1. :) Glad you're doing so well. I have something for you...

    Raquel

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  2. YAY for good news! We pray for her everyday. She should be getting a box from us in the next few days - I hope it makes it okay. She looks beautiful! Those Conner girls can pull off the no-hair look just fine!

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  3. Praying for you every day, every prayer. Sending hugs.

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  4. Great photo! You look awesome, Kait. You're in a small group of people who can pull off being bald and looking great with it.

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  5. She is beautiful! So so happy to here the great news! We will continue to pray for her fast recovery.

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