Platelets

Catherine had her platelet transfusion yesterday. We were so lucky. There were only two nurses who had made it to work because of the snow, and thankfully the platelets were actually delivered. We needed to be at the hospital early, because the platelets would have expired by the end of the day. Catherine received her platelets and we were able to walk home from the hospital by early afternoon. We walked through a nearby park, and Catherine enjoyed seeing all the snowmen that the children had created. It was a real winter wonderland!

We were just so grateful that the nurses walked to work that day (up to an hour's walk for each of them). Catherine was also pleased because she had her own dedicated playworker - there was only one other patient on the day patients ward, and he was a teenager happily playing on the computer.

Catherine has had a good day today, playing in the snow. Her neutrophils are still low but she is feeling much better. I'm hoping she might be able to go back to nursery at the end of the week, if only for the fact she will be bored by then.