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So, this is what I have become an expert on in the last 6 nights (yes, it has been 6 nights). There are good days and there are bad days. Morgan happens, so far, to have more good than bad…but that seems to be just who Morgan is.

Medicine by mouth, not her favorite thing. Her negotiating skills are almost as good as mine, but we are on to her, and are learning all her tricks. Mashed potatoes, can not get enough! She has had many visitors already. From school she has had visits from Tr. Amy, Tr. Carol and Tr. Liz, a good thing since she starts school at the hospital tomorrow. We plan on being back at Friends Select after Winter Break! We welcome visitors, just give me a call or e-mail before arriving to see what kind of day it is.

Children’s Hospital continues to be an amazing place to see Morgan recover. She came into the hospital with a white blood cell count of 136,000 (normal is 10,000 – 20,000), as of today she is down to 3,600. We need to get rid of all the old white cells to start growing back good ones once all the leukemia is gone. The doctors and nursers have been very impressed with how quickly her count has come down. That’s my girl!

Two things I will leave you with tonight:

1. If you can teach your child how to take medication by swallowing a pill instead of taking the liquid form, you may not have to learn their clever negotiating skills on why they should not have to take the “yucky” medicine…we have started practicing with Tic Tacs so that she won’t have to take the flavored chalk anymore.

2. DONATE BLOOD. I am the worst at donating…last 2 times I fainted. However, had it not been for the selfless kindness of strangers, the already 6+ transfusions that Morgan has received (with more to come) may not have been possible.