January 6, 2006

Leah was quite tired today. I am not sure if it is chemotherapy related or because her counts are continuing to go down. I will need to take her in Monday for a finger poke, but may have to before then if she continues to be so tired. However, I have analyzed this and since she HATES finger pokes I don't want to take her and have her counts be too high for them to give her blood, and then have to take her within the next day or two for another poke. When I take her I want to be fairly certain this will be the only lab draw they need to do.

Karen's day with Leah consisted of rocking her, a two hour nap, and not much energy. She really turned it up a notch for me when I got home and played, interacted with us all, joked around, and even ate. She was tired quite early, though, and begged to go to bed.

I still would not call her appetite good, but today she requested food. She had two whole cartons of yogurt, 2 cups of whole milk, some white grape juice, 2 small Reeses peanut butter cups, half a grilled cheese, part of a taco salad, and right before bed decided to eat some chips. She asked for lunch, supper, and both snacks before we had to prompt her, so that is good news.

We had some friends bring us our supper (that is something we could get used to!) and after they went across the street to eat at the Rite Spot, we had them come in and visit. Leah was not much for playing, but Chloe enjoyed their boys, and they liked our Dora house.

While Leah was eating her chips before bed, Bernie, our dog was patrolling the area closely looking for food. Leah yells, "Bernie, dogs do not eat table food! Well, except for that dorky dog of Karen's (grandma's) who always barks at you, Tina. She always tries to get food." Leah still enjoyed sharing her snack with Bernie.

Our weekend plans are not exciting. We need to get the Christmas tree down, and I am planning on working at the library. Leah thinks that is a fine idea. Every single day is so dependent on how Leah feels, that we shall have to wait and see.

As always, please pray for Leah.