Another Round of Chemo Update

Charlotte finished another round of chemo Friday. Her immune system is still extremely low. Her red blood cells are low, and the doctors told Sean that she would probably need a blood transfusion next week. From what we were told, eventually they know Charlotte will start having allergic reactions to blood products. They said it won't be a major deal, they will simple pre-dose her with Benadryl before transfusions once this occurs.


All things considering, things are going well. The worst part is her belly aches in the evening. Usually, a warm beanbag laid on her tummy helps. It's amazing how quickly she is losing her hair. It started Tuesday. Thankfully, I had made an appointment with photographer and we took photos Wednesday. Afterwards, she had her hair cut into a short bob by my mom. Mom warned me that we will have to shave it when it starts to get patchy. I expect it will be sometime next week at the rate it's going. Charlotte brushed her hair behind her ear yesterday and held out a small clump of hair to me - "my hair is like a Truffula tree". (Charlotte has been watching the Lorax movie a lot this week)


Dandellion fluff for hair, three weeks exactly from diagnosis.

Naomi starts 7th grade Monday. I took her in for a manicure and a much-begged for an eyebrow wax (I told her she would have to wait until Jr. High). Thankfully, she didn't scream. By the way she timidly asked the beautician if it would hurt, you would think she hadn't been incessantly bugging me all summer to get her brows shaped. I took Naomi to her open house Thursday evening, and her teachers seem very nice. She will be taking Drama; Art; something called CTE, which seems to be Home Ec; and creative writing. Her creative writing teacher is also her English teacher. 6 of her teachers are guys, and she is a little curious how that will be, as she has only had women teachers.

Thanks again for all the love and concern coming our way. We wouldn't be able to do this half as well as we are without everyone supporting us. I expect there won't be any signifiant news until the end of the month, when they review Charly's second bone marrow test and tell us the next stage in her treatment.