Brooke is doing great and seems to be enjoying being back at school this week. As of Tuesday, her blood level sits at 1.4, so the Coumadin and Lovenox are slowly doing their job at "thinning" the blood.(Need to hit 2.) The bruises are very slow to heal since people with Neutropenia have a difficult time healing in the first place. "If it ain't one thing - it's another!" The right ankle and calf look really good, the knee looks better and the thigh still has a ways to go. The right leg has remained bigger than the left ever since the last blood clot, which I've been told is normal. A big thank you to my brother Kirk for "hooking us" up with 4 more pair of support stockings. Have you ever priced these? WHOLEY GUACAMOLE!! Thanks to him...we're good to go for a while.
As of two weeks ago, Clovis has a Hematologist, so we're going to give him a try. It would be so much easier to be able to deal with the blood clot and Neutropenia here instead of having to drive 4 hours for everything, especially since both appear to be long-term care. I'm waiting for Dr. Libby in Albq. to send his notes and a referral for Brooke so we can get the appointment in Clovis set up. Please pray this is a positive step and that this new doctor is patient, knowledgeable and compassionate. The underlying beauty here is if this doctor will handle the clot and Neutropenia, it makes finding a new primary care doctor a LOT easier because you take some of the elements of fear out of the equation. I've got a call in to a local Internal Medicine doctor who comes highly recommended by several of my nurse friends. I want to talk to him about Brooke and see if he would be willing to take her as a patient. I also ask for prayers in this area. I have a sense of peace lately that I haven't had in a long time, so I feel God is at work for me. I truly feel I am heading down the right path.
On a lighter and funny note...I posted a while back about Brooke being a professional cheese dissector. She is also a connoisseur of ranch dressing. She drinks it. I used to get on to her, but now I figure "Why not? What does it hurt?" What can I say...the child likes ranch! She's standing beside me in the computer room pointing to where she wants to eat tonight. She has a homemade food book that has pictures of meats, veges, fruits, salads, etc. I made it so she could help plan meals. The problem is that I put a section in the back of the book that shows restaurants. All she uses the book for is to tell us where we're taking her to eat out every night. It's been a real diet killer for us!
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