Counts beginning to move!

Mina Brigitta's blood counts showed their first sign of recovery today. After weeks of counts between 0 and 10 million neutrophils per liter, today she was at 50 million! Also, her platelets only dropped by 4 million, instead of the usual 10-20 million. I'm always suspicious of these numbers because they can bounce around so much, but this would put us on track to be home in a week or so.

Mina Brigitta is one tired girl tonight, and this time not from lack of blood. Her uncle and cousins wore her out. She'll need a day just to recover. Their visit was really good for her. After they left she would talk and talk. Tonight they left a little after nine, and she didn't sleep until 11:00. Teri and Brent and the kids are now on their way to southern California to stay with Tutu and Richard, and Kendra flies home. Kendra was such a big help while she was here, and it sounds like she enjoyed herself, even though being at the hospital is exhausting. We promised she can come spend Spring Break with us next year when we're not in the hospital. Keri's friend Zeedie arrives tomorrow from Anacortes, and will stay for a few days. It will be nice for them to catch up.