One Year In Numbers

It's hard to believe that it has been one year since Abby was diagnosed with cancer. Honestly, a year ago, I didn't know if she would still be with us. She is doing great right now and is NED (like remission). She has 4 rounds (12 weeks) of chemo remaining and we are looking forward to not having as many trips to the hospital.

Just to show how strong Abby is, here is her year in numbers:

Bone Marrow Aspirate/Biopsy - 1

Days of Chemo - 68

Port Insertions and Removals - 3

Clinic Visits - 42

Would be much higher if we didn't have home health

Ambulance Rides - 2

Plus twice daily rides throughout most of her radiation

Hair Loss - 2

Isolation/Fever/Neutropenia - 12

Mostly isolation and fevers because we didn't count all the neutropenias

Lumbar Puncture - 1

Morphine/PCA - 1

Pokes - 115

Days of Radiation - 28

Tests/Scans - 42

Transfusions - 4

Tube Insertions - 3 (Plus one more today)

Nights in the Hospital - 144

TPN - 1

Surgery and Dressing Changes - 87

Surgeries - 14

Dressing Changes - 73 (Much higher if you count each incision separately)

Transfers to PICU - 3

These numbers do not include the many respiratory treatments, which were as many as 3-4 times a day, nor does it include the numerous therapy sessions (PT, OT, speech) that she's had. This is a lot for a little girl to go through. We would like to thank everyone for their prayers during the past year and hope that there are only good things in store for Abby in the future.