Home again

A busy fortnight, we've managed to decide to find a new house, get a new house, pack and unpack, all while our little star has breezed through another round of chemo. We have all been home in the nice new (warm!) house since Thursday, and as you can see she is her usual cheeky self for the most part again. A little tired and grumpy, but fair enough. She has also graduated into a big girl bed as well, no more cots.

So far only needed a couple of check-ups and a top up of platelets since checking out, though she'll likely need more blood in a day or two. The big thing is that so far no temperature, so (knock on wood) if this continues we get a few more nights at home and day trips to the hospital only until we start the next round of chemo.

I'll send another group email shortly with our new mailing address, but the phone numbers all stay the same (eventually after several technicians visits)...

The VERY VERY good (and a little bad)

Brilliant news yesterday, Abigail is officially in remission! Yes, REMISSION! This means that they can no longer see any cancer cells in her bone marrow sample which, while it doesn't mean she is cured, means that the first round of chemo worked as well as we could have hoped. She will still continue to receive more chemo as planned, but so far so very, very good!

Bad news is that she started chemo again last night and this round hasn't been as smooth. She is quite upset at present and seems to be a bit sore, no longer standing and not really eating/drinking. Seems watching Diego is about the only thing that worked today. However we'll try and get her on some stronger pain meds tomorrow and hopefully this will help. It is likely that she will continue to have good and bad days though, so while unsettling this is again not unexpected. Abs also had a flu shot yesterday so it is also probably causing some trouble, as it seemed to stir the rest of us up when we had ours.

Meanwhile we're packing tomorrow and moving Sat morning. Thankfully Megan liked the house after seeing it today (post-lease signing, phew) so all good. Will be great to live in a nice house with a flat backyard for the girls again. So, very busy but thought I'd quickly pass on the good news. Thanks also for the various presents we've received, all have gone down very well so many thanks to all. It is humbling to see how many people have offered to help her and us out, a positive from all of this mess. However, she is now in remission, so things are heading along the right track.

A few good days

Some excellent news yesterday, Abi's blood counts were all improving and deemed sufficient to allow her out of the clink for a few days! So, home at last after a month and a day. All being well from here she'll start the next chemo round and be re-admitted Wednesday morning. This is good as it will be on track with the protocol, so far so good. A bit scary at home though as, despite it being so alien to start with, the hospital life had become normal after such a long time. Still, she clearly loves being home and it is great to see everyone in the one place again.

Another good piece of news is that we've finally managed to find another place to live. Nice and open house with ducted heating and cooling, plus we can have Jacko as well. So, might be the last blog for a wee while as we'll have to pack, unpack and start hospital again all in the next fortnight. Will be very good to have a nice clean home again though, and heat at the flick of a switch will be magnificent!

Some neutrophils at last!

Some more good news today, with Abi's neutrophil count finally reaching detectable levels again, though at 0.1 she is still neutropenic and prone to infections. However, it is a start! Looks like she'll be able to start second round of chemo next week if they continue to improve, which won't be nice but is nevertheless good news.