High Counts

While at the hospital, Odette has to stay in her room unless her blood counts are high enough. If they are high enough, she is allowed to go out in the hallway just on the oncology floor. She can do this without a mask. If we want to take her anywhere else in the hospital, or she needs to go for an x-ray, she needs to wear a mask. We don't leave the room very often because her counts are never high enough, or we are to worried that she is going to catch some awful bug wandering the halls of the hospital--that is where the sick people go right?
Here Odette went down to the surgery floor so that she could see the walls that are painted like you are under the sea. The white walls of the oncology floor were getting a little boring. We were only looking at the fish for a whopping 5 minutes before we went back to our "safe" zone!

While at the hospital, animals get to come in as some therapy. Odette loves the dogs that come. This one's name is Rusty. She sat on him, pulled his ears and hair, patted it and squealed at him. It was great to see her so very happy! I am glad that she likes dogs since we have a big one at home!

We found a car for Odette to drive around the hospital room and hallway. She thought it was great to leave the room and see what was outside of her window! She has the perfect parade wave down and knows how to hang on to the steering wheel! Since we are going to be at the hospital for a while again, it has been nice to be able to play with Odette outside of the room and not feel so confined.

Odette is doing okay. She is puking frequently still, but has somehow managed to gain 2 pounds since we first went to the hospital. I should be amazed by this, but I know that they are trying to pump at least 800 calories down her a day in just formula! She does like mint chocolate chip ice cream, enough to grab it right out of my hands! She has mouth sores, so eating real food rarely if ever happens. She has a hard time even getting comfort by sucking on her thumb because they hurt her so bad.

Even though she is in such great pain, she still is so happy and has such a wonderful presence about her. The nurses are all in love with her and say that she just melts their heart whenever they have her. It is great to know that she is so strong, patient, happy and lovable. I am sure that these attributes will help her to make it through this trial in her life.