WE HAVE MADE IT!! Charlotte is truly my hero. Charlotte made her counts last Thursday and we
have made it through all 8 rounds of chemo. Last Thursday morning, we were
admitted into the hospital and after a couple of hours of hydration, Charlotte
began her last two administrations of her chemo drugs. Charlotte handled the hospital stay like a
champ. She will probably miss running
around those hospital halls and playing with all the nurses. She truly enjoyed making friends in those halls,
since we don’t get out much (or ever) due to chemo.
Our next
step will be scans. In a couple of
weeks, we will go in for Charlotte’s scans.
This will include an MIBG, CT, Bone Marrow extraction, audiogram, echo,
and EKG. This information will tell us
what the tumors look like and if the chemo did any damage to her little
body. Chemo runs risks of causing
hearing problems and heart problems, and that is the reason for the audiogram
and echocardiogram. The CT scan, the
MIBG, and the Bone Marrow extraction will tell us what the tumors look like and
if they are no longer present.
We are still under social isolation due to her
counts being low and we probably will be for the rest of October. After Charlotte’s counts bounce back, we will
no longer be on social isolation (yay!!).
However, that does not mean we are out of the woods. Charlotte’s immune system took a huge hit
during this whole process, and is basically similar to a newborn. This means that Charlotte is more susceptible
to catching everything around her. This
will be extra tricky going into cold and flu season. Thankfully Charlotte was able to get her flu
shot. However this will probably limit
how much we still go out and how many are allowed to hold her. Hopefully sometime soon we will have a “Charlotte’s
in remission” party!
What a blessing it has been to have her
amazing doctors, and all the incredible people praying for us through this
unbelievably difficult and trying time. This
journey has been hard at times and definitely scary, but we got through it,
thanks to the power of prayer and God!
"Let your faith be bigger than your fear."
"It's not about bravery, it's about doing what I need to do to win" -
#CharlotteStrong
#CharlotteCancerConquerer
#CancerSucks
#Blessed
