My white counts were the same as yesterday which means there’s a possibility that I have reached the bottom and plateaued, but we won’t know that for sure until tomorrow. I’m in the middle of my second platelet transfusion today. As usual, the first one knocked my counts lower. Hopefully this one takes.

I’m continuing to have a hard time with my mouth and throat. I’ve moved up to the heavier pain killers but it’s not helping much. I gave up eating solid foods today and am sticking to liquids and mush. It hurts to chew and swallow and I kept trying but I couldn’t take it anymore. It will be rough and hungry for a few days but as soon as my counts start to come up, things should start to improve. As much as this hurts and is annoying, I will take this over a liver infection and 3 months of fevers any day!

Robyn came to visit today and brought me a pile of new reading materials. I also got an awesome care package from Gina today including magazines and pie-flavored energy bars. As soon as my mouth heals, I will be diving into those. And to close out the night, I finally got to talk to the kids on the video again. My intermittent internet connection has made that very challenging. Kieran wanted me to go downstairs with him to find his pillow and didn’t understand why I wasn’t coming along. He said, “mommy, get out of that picture!” It was pretty cute.

I’m off to pass out from the pain killers.