Today was a big day for Dayssi in the operating room. She had her PORT-A-CATH implanted, her PICC line removed, a bone marrow aspiration for Day 29 biopsy (this specimen will be sent to St Judes Hospital for the very important Minimal Residual Disease prognostic test), and a spinal tap to inject some more methotrexate into her spinal column.
She came through it all just fine and we felt very supported by the surgeons, nurse practitioners and anesthesiologists who came by a number of times before, during, and after the procedure to update us on her progress. It was another day of feeling lucky to be at Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.
Dayssi is off steroids as of last night, but it will take another few weeks for the drugs that are already in her system to work their way out. This is good in the sense that they will be continue to track down and eliminate any remaining leukemia cells while they are in her body. So, while we were looking forward to closing the "open all night" restaurant, it looks like we will have to wait for a while to send the staff home.
The labs from yesterday are in and looking good. Her ANC (a key indicator of immune function) was way up to 2000, well into the normal range, as were her platelets at 343.
We saw Dr. Dahl today and he was at his most swaggering "We are kicking some serious cancer butt” self; and tonight, so are we.
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