Day +20: Sile's Shih Tzu's?

My mom's face lit up this afternoon when I brought in the mail - TEN cards arrived. I told the PCA that we need a name for you, the army of supporters out there.  Clearly I need help because I don't think "Sile's Shih Tzus" is going to stick.  Regardless of your title, my mom (and the entire CBYE clan) is very grateful for all of you.

Today was a good day all around.  Her counts continue to look good (platelets 144, WBC 4.0), and she is making a strong effort to reduce her pain medications.  Her appetite perked up a bit, so she had a few bites of toast and a "resource slushy" which is just an Ensure drink frozen, put into a small plastic cup, and given a gross name.  We also had a ton of visitors - Dr. Nakamura, the occupational therapist, the social worker, the psychologist, Dr. Nakamura's nurse practitioner, and the nutritionist.  And this in addition to the regular nurse and PCA visits.  Phew!

Another benefit of her good counts is that she does not need to be woken up in the morning for "blood products" (which kind of makes it sound like you're at the meat counter - "I'll have half a pound of the grass-fed platelets please?"), which means more sleep which leads to feeling better.  I left her tonight on her Kindle, trying to fall asleep naturally for the first time since she's been in the hospital.

And finally, this video brought us a lot of laughs today.  Una's one-sided love affair with Kofi is being well documented on Emerald St.  She is in a very tactile phase, and loves touching Kofi's fur.  Kofi... not so much.