Charlotte
made counts and we were able to start round 7 last week. While in the hospital Charlotte did
amazing. We had fun walking around the
hospital unit and playing with all her favorite nurses. Charlotte actually slept well throughout the
night both nights we were there!! I called our nurse, Laura, the Charlotte
sleep whisper! Hahaha. While in the
hospital Charlotte loved running around the unit and going on wagon rides while
she was receiving her chemo. One of the
times while running around the hospital however, Charlotte had a really bad
tumble and hit her head. Due to this
fall Charlotte earned a new bracelet labeling her a fall risk. She really wants to move around a lot fast
than she is capable yet.
Since being
home Charlotte has started eating more solid foods during lunch time and
dinner. She is still struggling with
some nausea but her medicine has really helped when necessary. Charlotte is growing and gaining weight that
we were actually able to up her dosage (those who know Charlotte’s weight gain
struggles know how huge this is!!)
Yesterday
we went to our weekly clinic visit and Charlotte’s counts are great! They
actually said some of her counts were even higher than when she was last
admitted. This is one tough girl! Her weight was down a little bit from before
we got admitted for our last round.
Charlotte weights 8.3 kilos (18 lbs 4.77 ozs), which is down from 8.4
kilo on the 14th of September.
However, Charlotte is getting taller.
She is now 73.5 cm (28.94 inches) which is up from 71.9 cm on the 14th
of September.
We will be
going in for round 8 on October 5th, which will be our last round of
chemo!! Following that we will only have scans left and then the healing and
next steps will happen. Hopefully
everyone who has a Charlotte Strong shirt can wear it on that day and show our
excitement for her last chemo dosage!
Charlotte
loves her nurses and Doctors at Cooks.
She really does have some of the most amazing and kind people looking
after her!!
