HOME!

We are all home! Esther's fever went away and never came back, but her hemoglobin was dropping quickly, so the doctor decided that in order to enjoy a weekend at home without any blood draws or trips to Denver we should do a blood transfusion today. She handled it well and I was surprised to realize how quickly her complexion changed. I didn't realize how pale she was. As we were driving home she commented along the way how we were "almost home." Home is a sweet place to be.

There is a big tree in the lobby of the oncology unit that has lots of branches with hats hanging from the branches and big baskets of hats at the bottom of the tree. This is the first hat Esther choose. Here's a picture of the first hat Esther choose, a sweet choice I think.

A note on her droopy eye...there are some neuroblastoma cells around her eye. This is a very common place to find them. There are a few reasons her eye is swollen and droopy...first there are cancer cells near them and they are a little bigger because when she had her MIBG scan on the 4th, the cells took up the dye and are larger. Also, there is some bruising because those cancer cells are dying and trying to get out of the area (YAY!). The larger tumor on her head is also pressing on the nerve that controls her right eye and is impacting the muscles that help keep her lid open. The last reason is that because she was under general anestesia for the MIBG scan and they taped her eye lids closed and her lid is a little bruised.

 

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