Birthday--Plus 15

Sandi continues to stun doctors and staff who say she is doing amazingly well. Every blood category they measure has shot way up and that includes her white blood count. Without question her modified stem cells have definitely grafted to her system and have started replicating things. Unless something goes absolutely horribly wrong overnight tonight they are going to cancel her third week in the hospital and move her to the extended stay facility sometime tomorrow afternoon. 

A couple of doctors not directly involved with her care have come by to pick up some more chemo hats for their patients. All the hats she had made are now gone though she still has the small lap blanket she made while in the hospital. I think she is going to take that as well as what little is left of her yarn over to the extended stay facility tomorrow. She will move over there unless her blood work tonight and/or tomorrow morning shows a sudden dip. Obviously,we hope not.

The current plan is for her to be in the extended stay facility at least two weeks and then move back to the hotel on her own where she would be for around two weeks while they did some outpatient monitoring everyday. They want to make sure she is strong enough to function on her own in that kid of setting before setting up they nurse who will fly home with her and turn her back over to me for care here. At least that was the plan a month ago when they said she would be in the hospital at least three weeks.

So, all we can do is wait, keep our fingers crossed for good things, and see what happens....